Karma Quiz

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Karma Quiz
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What does karma mean?

• A. Emotion
• B. Solution
• C. Action

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Wrong!

• In Sanskrit karma (Palikamma) means action. It
  is found within many forms of Indian religion
  including Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism.
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Correct!

• In Sanskrit karma (Palikamma) means action. It
  is found within many forms of Indian religion
  including Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism.
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In brahmanical society what type of actions were
classed as karmic?

• A. Ritual
• B. Social
• C. Ethical

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Wrong!

• 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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Correct!

• 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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What word is not used to describe good karma?

• A. Kusala
• B. Pu?ya
• C. Du?kha

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Wrong!

• Actions that are considered to be wholesome
  (Sanskrit kusala/ Pali kusala) will have
  pleasant results (vipaka).
• Good karma is also known as merit (pu?ya/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.
• Du?kha can be translated as dis-ease or
  suffering.
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Correct!

• Actions that are considered to be wholesome
  (Sanskrit kusala/ Pali kusala) will have
  pleasant results (vipaka).
• Good karma is also known as merit (pu?ya/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.
• Du?kha can be translated as dis-ease or
  suffering.
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What Produces Karma?

• A. Every action performed by an individual
• B. Intentional actions performed by an individual
• C. Religious actions performed by an individual

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Wrong!

• 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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Correct!

• 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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How many types of action can produce karma?

• A. 3
• B. 4
• C. 8

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Wrong

• 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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Correct!

• 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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Karma does not disappear at death?

• True
• False

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Wrong!

• 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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Correct!

• 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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Can you stop acting karmically?

• A. Yes, people who only act spontaneously do not
  produce karma
• B. No, karma is always produced
• C. Yes, those who have attained nirva?a do not
  act karmically

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Wrong!

• Upon enlightenment a person no longer experiences
  sa?saric 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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Correct!

• Upon enlightenment a person no longer experiences
  sa?saric 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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According to the Abhidharma what type of karma is
most likely to influence a persons rebirth?

• A. Weighty
• B. Proximate
• C. Habitual

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Wrong!

• 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 ones death is conditioned by ones
  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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Correct!

• 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 ones death is conditioned by ones
  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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Karma has a causative nature?

• True
• False

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Wrong!

• 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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Correct!

• 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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Bad karma always perpetuates bad karma?

• True
• False

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Wrong!

• 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.

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Correct!

• 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.