WHAT IS KARMA?

Karma is often referred to as "cause and effect", however, the meaning of the word karma in Sanskrit means just action. it's implicit that when there is action something will happen in return. It covers the action that you are doing, the cause, the imprints made onto the mind from the actions motivated by delusion, and the results of those actions. The law of karma is, therefore, the law of cause and effect and referrers to the inevitable production of a certain future result by any action. An understanding of karma is the key to creating the future result you may wish to experience.

TAKING RESPONSIBILITY

We grasp onto a self that we think exists, that doesn't exist because we have grasping and attachment, and then we cherish the self which seems to give us satisfaction but creates more dissatisfaction which continues the cycle of samsara because we thought we were satisfied but we weren't so then we want more, and more is karma (cause and effect) which potentially creates more suffering.

KARMA IS THE CREATOR

All beings experience happiness and suffering, the very environments they live in are created by karma. In Buddhism, there is no creator God, so in Buddhism, we get closer to the pure clear nature of the mind that is perfect, compassionate, and wise, but at the moment we are further away from it because of karma and delusion that cover up the perfect and pure nature that we all have. If we want to get rid of karma and delusion we need to know what karma is, and we have to do that ourselves with the assistance of the teachings.