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Karma, Samsara, and
Moksha
By:Madison Wegener, Liria Dedivanaj, and
Katie Conroy
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Karma
 Have
you ever heard someone say “What goes
around comes around”? Or “You reap what you
sow”?
 Both
of these sayings mirror the Hindu concept of
Karma.
 Basically, Karma
stands for the belief that a person
experiences the affects of his or her actions-that
every act or thought has consequences.
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Living
in a balanced universe, if an
individual disturbs this order, he or she
will suffer commensurately. But an
ethical and moral life, with undisturbed
dharma, will lead to happiness.
the
Law of Karma in the moral sphere
teaches that similar actions will lead to
similar results and it is not just fate.
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For Hindus..
 Good
karma is usually produced by correctly
performing the duties of one's caste, or social
class.
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If a person lives admirably and fulfills the
responsibilities of the caste, the soul can be reborn
into a higher caste. Hindus also believe that
because karma is its own law, it requires no divine
interference.
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Samsara
 Hindus
believe the soul is trapped in a
circle of birth and rebirth called samsara.
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Until a person quells all desires and
accepts that the individual soul is the same
as the absolute soul, he or she must suffer
in samsara and forgo moksha.
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Samsara
 The
concept of Samsara in Buddhism
teaches that human beings have the
ultimate control over themselves. If people
use the laws of Buddhism in daily living and
practice kindness, they will eventually
reach self-acceptance. This helps begin the
journey to accepting others and to eventual
enlightenment.
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Moksha
 Both
Hinduism and Buddhism focus on liberation
from the endless cycle of samsara - the endless
cycle of birth and death, and the suffering that
comes with that cycle.
 In
Hinduism, this liberation is known as "moksha."
This term literally means "release" in the sense of
"letting go." Moksha is the letting go of the
repeated birth and death of the physical body reincarnation.
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Moksha is almost same as nirvana in Buddhism.
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