Description

Kamma and
its Fruit
Essays edited by
Nyanaponika Thera.
Kamma—or, in its Sanskrit form, karma—is the Buddhist conception of action as a
force which shapes and transforms human destiny. Often misunderstood as an
occult power or as an inescapable fate, kamma as taught by the Buddha is in
actuality nothing other than our own will or volition coming to expression in
concrete action. The Buddhist doctrine of kamma thus places ultimate responsibility for human destiny in our own hands.