Kamma
Kamma, literally means action; but in its ultimate sense, it means the meritorious and demeritorious volition (Kusala Akusala Cetanã). Kamma constitutes both good and evil. Good produces good, evil produces evil and like attracts like. This is the law of Kamma.
We reap what we have sown. What we sow now we shall reap somewhere or some when. In one sense we are the result of what we were; we will be the result of what we are. In another sense, we will not absolutely be the result of what we are. Buddhism attributes this variation to Kamma, but it does not assert that everything is due to Kamma. If everything were due to Kamma to be bad, for it is his Kamma to be bad. One no need to consult a physician to be cured of a disease, for if one’s Kamma is such one will be cured. Kamma is one’s own doing reacting on one self, and so one has the possibility to divert the course of Kamma to some extent. How far one diverts it depends on oneself.
