"Karma is the enjoyment of appropriate objects by the five senses of hearing, feeling, seeing, tasting and smelling, assisted by the mind together with the soul. The ingredient in this is a peculiar contact between the organ of sense and its object, and the consciousness of pleasure which arises from that contact is called Kama." (VÄtsyÄyana Mallanaga, 3rd. century)
"As no cause remains without its due effect from greatest to least, from a cosmic disturbance down to the movement of your hand, and as like produces like, Karma is that unseen and unknown law which adjusts wisely, intelligently, and equitably each effect to its cause, tracing the latter back to its producer." (Helena P Blavatsky, "The Key to Theosophy", 1889)
"Belief in karma ought to make the life pure, strong, serene, and glad. Only our own deeds can hinder us; only our own will can fetter us. Once let men recognize this truth, and the hour of their liberation has struck. Nature cannot enslave the soul that by wisdom has gained power and uses both in love." (Annie Besant, "Karma", 1895)
"Karma brings us ever back to rebirth, binds us to the wheel of births and deaths. Good Karma drags us back as relentlessly as bad, and the chain which is wrought out of our virtues holds as firmly and as closely as that forged from our vices." (Annie Besant,. "Karma", 1895)
"Each man has a mission in life, which is the result of all his infinite past Karma." (Swami Vivekananda, 1897)
"We have to go back to philosophy to treat things as they are. We are suffering from our own karma. It is not the fault of God. What we do is our own fault, nothing else. Why should God be blamed?" (Swami Vivekananda, "Worshipper and Worshipped" , 1900)
"Jnana, bhakti, yoga and karma - these are the four paths which lead to spiritual freedom. One must follow the path for which one is best suited. But in this age, special stress should be laid on karma yoga." (Swami Vivekananda, "The Complete Works" Vol. 5, 1907)
"Every act of charity, every thought of sympathy, every action of help, every good deed, is taking so much of self-importance away from our little selves and making us think of ourselves as the lowest and the least, and, therefore, it is all good. Here we find that JnĆ¢na, Bhakti, and Karma - all come to one point." (Swami Vivekananda, "Vedanta Philosophy", 1912)
"Destiny, or karma, depends upon what the soul has done about what it has become aware of." (Edgar Cayce), [Reading 311-7] 1931)
"Since karma is meeting self, we acquire karma as we meet self in our many attitudes and emotions; when we serve in loving kindness and patience or hold resentful malicious thoughts What we do to our fellow man we do to our Maker our karma or problem is within self." (Edgar Cayce, [reading 3S77-1] 1939)
"Since karma is meeting self, we acquire karma as we meet self in our many attitudes and emotions; when we serve in loving kindness and patience or hold resentful malicious thoughts What we do to our fellow man we do to our Maker our karma or problem is within self." (Edgar Cayce,"Edgar Cayce's Story of Karma", 1973)
"One has to reap the fruits of his karma. The law of karma is inevitable and is accepted by all the great philosophies of the world: 'As you sow, so shall you reap.'" (Swami Rama, "Living with the Himalayan Masters" 1978)
"To follow and demonstrate the path of Truth, Simplicity and Love is man's supreme duty and the highest Yoga. Diligent work is a quality of this path, for laziness is death on earth. Only by work can one claim victory over karma. All must strive to do their duty in the best way possible and not wander from that duty. Service to humanity is the first duty." (Haidakhan Babaji, 1982)
"Therefore, you must never be disappointed in life and you must remember that what even God cannot achieve, you can achieve through hard work. Karma is a thing, which can even change the course laid down by God." (Haidakhan Babaji, 1984)
"If you are engaged in doing good deeds and go on doing good acts, you will have good sleep, good appetite and bad thoughts will not cross your mind. Otherwise, you will always be criticizing others. In inaction, your minds will always be engaged in thinking critically of others. Karma - activity - is the only thing which can drive out all evils." (Haidakhan Babaji, 1984)
"Through this principle, the creative process of the spirit is without limit. Within the circle, the ki of the universe is guided in the processes of creation, evolution, and protection. The movement of karma in this world is the circle of balance. The Budo of Aikido is the circle of protection. The circle of the spirit is the source of ki. The spirit of the circle joins spirit, mind, and matter through Aiki and nourishes life. The spirit of the circle contains and creates unlimited technique for it holds all the ki of the universe. This is the circle of the spirit in Aikido. Without it there is no glory, no wisdom, no integrity, no truth, no possibility of uniting spirit and substance. Without it the restorative functions of the body cease to exist. It is the ever-evolving cycle of kokyu." (Morihei Ueshiba, [attributed in Mitsugi Saotome, "The Principles of Aikido", 1989])
"It is the interplay between our experience and how we respond to it that makes karma devastating or helpfully invigorating." (Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, "Dancing with Siva: Hinduism's Contemporary Catechism", 1993)
"Karma is not fate, for man acts with free will, creating his own destiny. The Vedas tell us, if we sow goodness, we will reap goodness; if we sow evil, we will reap evil. Karma refers to the totality of our actions and their concomitant reactions in this and previous lives, all of which determines our future." (Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, "Dancing with Siva: Hinduism's Contemporary Catechism", 1993)
"Life is one karma, an ecology of cause and effect, and nature’s balance operates to maintain a rich quality of life for all. Life is diverse. Each life group and each member within the group has its own indispensable function; all share different responsibilities. Selfishness is not allowed in the highly developed feedback system of communication. It is a most elegant system of checks and balances, which nothing in the biosphere escapes. The law is absolute; the harmony of the system must not be threatened."(Mitsugi Saotome, "Aikido and the Harmony of Nature", 1993)
"Karma is often wrongly confused with the notion of a fixed destiny. It is more like an accumulation of tendencies that can lock us into particular behavior patterns, which themselves result in further accumulations of tendencies of a similar nature... But is is not necessary to be a prisoner of old karma." (Jon Kabat-Zinn", "Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness meditation for everyday life"1994)
"The universe that we inhabit and our shared perception of it are the results of a common karma. Likewise, the places that we will experience in future rebirths will be the outcome of the karma that we share with the other beings living there. The actions of each of us, human or nonhuman, have contributed to the world in which we live. We all have a common responsibility for our world and are connected with everything in it." (Tenzin Gyatso [14th Dalai Lama], "For the Benefit of All Beings: A Commentary on the Way of the Bodhisattva", 1994)
"Irrespective of whether we are believers or agnostics, whether we believe in God or karma, moral ethics is a code which everyone is able to pursue." (Tenzin Gyatso [14th Dalai Lama], "The Spirit of Tibet, Vision for Human Liberation", 1996)
"Karma is not something complicated or philosophical. Karma means watching your body, watching your mouth, and watching your mind. Trying to keep these three doors as pure as possible is the practice of karma." (Thubten Yeshe, "The Bliss of Inner Fire: Heart Practice of the Six Yogas of Naropa", 1998)
"The balance between karma and akarma gives holistic vision.. Lots of discussions regarding Karmayoga. No work can be completed without karma. That is the truth. Everybody accepts this truth. Our world is one of incompleteness. Where there is incompleteness, there is relativity. Both karma and akarma are relative. No work is completed without akarma." (MahÄprajƱa, "Thought at Sunrise", 1998)
"The idea of karma is that you continually get the teaching that you need to open your heart." (Pema Chƶdrƶn, "Comfortable with Uncertainty: 108 Teachings on Cultivating Fearlessness and Compassion" 2002)
"Karma is simply the wholeness of a cause, or first action, and its effect, or fruition, which then becomes another cause. In fact, one karmic cause can have many fruitions, all of which can cause thousands more creations. Just as a handful of seed can ripen into a full field of grain, a small amount of karma can generate limitless effects." (Khandro Rinpoche, "This Precious Life" 2003)
"Karma moves in two directions. If we act virtuously, the seed we plant will result in happiness. If we act non-virtuously, suffering results." (Sakyong Mipham, "Ruling Your World: Ancient Strategies For Modern Life", 2005)
"Karma is the root cause of success and failure in every aspect of life." (Zhi Gang Sha, "Divine Soul Mind Body Healing and Transmission System" Special Edition, 2009)
Past and future exist only in our memory. The present moment, though, is outside of time, it's Eternity. In India, they use the word 'karma,' for lack of any better term.
"It isn't what you did in the past that will affect the present. It's what you do in the present that will redeem the past and thereby change the future." (Paulo Coelho, "Aleph", 2011)
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