Religious Studies GCSE
Karma
What Karma means in Religious Studies GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Intentional actions generate consequences, and past karma shapes current circumstances while individuals have free will to choose how they respond, generating new karma.
Positive or negative results generated by actions, so that harming animals generates negative results while aligned actions accumulate positive ones.
Negative karma is what Hindus seek to cleanse themselves of by bathing in the River Ganges at Varanasi.
The law of cause and effect where a person's actions determine their future, including their next life.
Positive karma is generated by projects such as cow protection, goshalas and the Bhumi Project.
Bad karma is cleansed by bathing in the sacred waters of the Ganges, which purify the soul.
Topics that use Karma
- Hinduism - 3.1.4.1 Beliefs and teachings (AQA GCSE)
- Hinduism - 3.1.4.2 Practices (AQA GCSE)
- Sikhism - 3.1.7.1 Beliefs and teachings (AQA GCSE)
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