Do you believe in karma?

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I believed in Karma before I even knew what Karma was. Sooner or later, you have to pay for your choices and actions. If not in this life, then in a future life. Good or Bad, it is all about actions and their consequences. Karma refers mainly to action, and specifically to the mental intention that initiates any action. If we understand the law of karma, we will understand how we can control our future experiences by abandoning harmful actions that are the causes of misery and by practicing virtuous actions that are the causes of happiness.

Gyatso, Geshe Kelsang. Joyful Path of Good Fortune: The Complete Buddhist Path to Enlightenment (Function). Kindle Edition. 

I look at the world around me with compassion, understanding karma. Nothing comes from nowhere. Even if we cannot see a direct connection in this life. 

The subject of Karma is deep, and Joyful Path of Good Fortune by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso gives an in-depth explanation of Karma. 

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