Karma in Buddhism
| Translations of karma | |
|---|---|
| English | karma |
| Sanskrit | कर्मन् (IAST: karman) |
| Pali | 𑀓𑀫𑁆𑀫 (kamma) |
| Bengali | কর্ম (kôrmô) |
| Burmese | ကံ (MLCTS: kàɰ̃) |
| Chinese | 業 or 业 (Pinyin: yè) |
| Japanese | 業 or ごう (Rōmaji: gō) |
| Khmer | កម្ម (UNGEGN: kâmm; ALA-LC: kamm; IPA: [kam]) |
| Korean | 업 or 業 (RR: uhb) |
| Sinhala | කර්ම (karma) |
| Tagalog | kalma |
| Tibetan | ལས། (Wylie: las; THL: lé;) |
| Thai | กรรม (RTGS: gam) |
| Vietnamese | Nghiệp |
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Karma (Sanskrit: कर्म, Pāli: kamma) is a Sanskrit term that literally means "action" or "doing". In the Buddhist tradition, karma refers to action driven by intention (cetanā) which leads to future consequences. Those intentions are considered to be the determining factor in the form of rebirth a being takes in samsara, the repeating cycle of birth and death.