Karma

                                                           Of all things I must do, defining "Karma" is E-Z while explaining Karma has some daunt to "IT" .    Folks misunderstand the Nature of Karma, and figure it to be  >Punitive< .  It is not .   Simply put, Karma is "Cause and Effect" .   Specifically a "Primary Cause" combines with "Dependent Origination" which then produces a "Result" .   There are more specifics :   "Bodhisattva Karma is complete Compassion ;  Good Karma is Happiness ;  Bad Karma is Suffering ;  Accumulated Karma is Predispositions ;  and Same Karma is Same Action" .

                         "IT" continues :   "Everything appears and disappears through Karma .   Mind appears, then Dharma appears ;   Dharma appears then Form appears ;  Mind disappears, then Dharma disappears ;  Dharma disappears, the Form disappears ;  Form disappears, then Suffering disappears ."

                         And then there's the BIG One :   "All things are created by the Mind."

                         Don't forget :   "We CREATE our Perceptual Reality".  Can it be said that we CREATE our Karma ?  Yes because of the definition above, and NO because of the True Nature of Karma .   Oddly these two are  NOT in opposition although to think otherwise is counter-intuitive .   For now, we must let this be, as it is .