Transcript Karma Quiz - University of Bristol

A. Emotion
B. Solution
C. Action
• In Sanskrit karma (Pali:kamma) means ‘action’. It is
found within many forms of Indian religion including
Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism.
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• In Sanskrit karma (Pali:kamma) means ‘action’. It is
found within many forms of Indian religion including
Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism.
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A. Ritual
B. Social
C. Ethical
• In brahmanical society karma was understood in terms of
ritual sacrifice. Individuals, dependent upon their social
status and needs would perform certain rituals acts.
These ritual acts would generate a specific result in this
life or even the next.
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• In brahmanical society karma was understood in terms of
ritual sacrifice. Individuals, dependent upon their social
status and needs would perform certain rituals acts.
These ritual acts would generate a specific result in this
life or even the next.
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A. Kuśala
B. Puṇya
C. Duḥkha
• Actions that are considered to be wholesome (Sanskrit:
kuśala/ Pali: kusala) will have pleasant results (vipāka).
• Good karma is also known as merit (puṇya/puñña). The
production of merit is important as it can have positive
effects on the lives of individuals, generate desirable
rebirths and also allow one to access higher levels of
spiritual attainment.
• Duḥkha can be translated as ‘dis-ease’ or ‘suffering’.
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• Actions that are considered to be wholesome (Sanskrit:
kuśala/ Pali: kusala) will have pleasant results (vipāka).
• Good karma is also known as merit (puṇya/puñña). The
production of merit is important as it can have positive
effects on the lives of individuals, generate desirable
rebirths and also allow one to access higher levels of
spiritual attainment.
• Duḥkha can be translated as ‘dis-ease’ or ‘suffering’.
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A. Every action performed by an individual
B. Intentional actions performed by an
individual
C. Religious actions performed by an
individual
• Intentional actions are the root of karma.
• “It is ‘intention’ that I call kamma; having willed or
formed the intention, one performs acts by the
body, speech and mind.”
Anguttara Nikaya iii, 415
Translation from Rupert Gethin, Foundations of Buddhism (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 1998), p. 120.
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• Intentional actions are the root of karma.
• “It is ‘intention’ that I call kamma; having willed or
formed the intention, one performs acts by the
body, speech and mind.”
Anguttara Nikaya iii, 415
Translation from Rupert Gethin, Foundations of Buddhism (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 1998), p. 120.
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A. 3
B. 4
C. 8
• Actions that produce karmic results can be split into three
categories:
Mental action
Bodily action
Vocal action
These categories can be split into further groups, but any
karmic action will fall into one of the three types as seen
above.
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• Actions that produce karmic results can be split into three
categories:
Mental action
Bodily action
Vocal action
These categories can be split into further groups, but any
karmic action will fall into one of the three types as seen
above.
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True
False
• When a person is alive they generate karma, this does
not simply disappear at death. Instead, due to the
remaining karmic seeds a new being is caused into
existence so that remaining karmic results may take
place.
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• When a person is alive they generate karma, this does
not simply disappear at death. Instead, due to the
remaining karmic seeds a new being is caused into
existence so that remaining karmic results may take
place.
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A. Yes, people who only act spontaneously
do not produce karma
B. No, karma is always produced
C. Yes, those who have attained nirvāṇa do
not act karmically
• Upon enlightenment a person no longer experiences
saṃsāric existence. This means that they no longer
produce karmic seeds. They will experience the results of
past karma but will not produce any more and will
therefore not cause any future beings into existence.
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• Upon enlightenment a person no longer experiences
saṃsāric existence. This means that they no longer
produce karmic seeds. They will experience the results of
past karma but will not produce any more and will
therefore not cause any future beings into existence.
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A. Weighty
B. Proximate
C. Habitual
• In the Abhidharma karma, at the time of death, is divided
into a hierarchy of four basic types: weighty, proximate,
habitual, and performed. The nature of one’s death is
conditioned by one’s karma. If a deed that is deemed to
be ‘weighty’ has been performed it is that particular action
that determines the state of mind of the individual at the
time of death. If there is a lack of such deeds then the
next level of karma will come to the fore and condition
rebirth.
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• In the Abhidharma karma, at the time of death, is divided
into a hierarchy of four basic types: weighty, proximate,
habitual, and performed. The nature of one’s death is
conditioned by one’s karma. If a deed that is deemed to
be ‘weighty’ has been performed it is that particular action
that determines the state of mind of the individual at the
time of death. If there is a lack of such deeds then the
next level of karma will come to the fore and condition
rebirth.
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True
False
• In Buddhist thought karma has a causative nature. The
actions that are intentionally performed by the individual
will have a particular karmic result. Well-intentioned good
deeds will result in a pleasant and favourable karmic
result whilst malicious and hurtful misdeeds will result in
a poor and unfavourable karmic result
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• In Buddhist thought karma has a causative nature. The
actions that are intentionally performed by the individual
will have a particular karmic result. Well-intentioned good
deeds will result in a pleasant and favourable karmic
result whilst malicious and hurtful misdeeds will result in
a poor and unfavourable karmic result
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True
False
• Whilst the effects of bad karma are unpleasant they do
not perpetuate further bad karma. Instead it is the way in
which one deals with it that will produce either good or
bad karma.
• Whilst the effects of bad karma are unpleasant they do
not perpetuate further bad karma. Instead it is the way in
which one deals with it that will produce either good or
bad karma.