Karma Quotes

“The Hindus do not blame an invisible Providence for all the suffering in this world, but explain it through the natural law of cause and effect. If a man is born fortunate or wretched, there must be some reason for it; if therefore we cannot find the cause for it in this life, it must have occurred in some previous existence, since no effect is possible without a cause. All the good that comes to us is what we have earned through our own effort; and whatever evil there is, is the result of our own past mistakes. As, moreover, our present has been shaped by our past, so our future will be moulded by our present.”
― Paramananda

“Through the tapestry of time, love and death stand as the master weavers, altering the threads of our destinies with a tenderness that mends and a cruelty that rends, leaving no heart untouched by their transformative touch.”
― Shree Shambav, Twenty + One - 21 Short Stories - Series II

“The weight of our worries lies not in the uncertainty of tomorrow, but in the futile attempt to tether the unpredictable winds of the future.”
― Shree Shambav, Life Changing Journey - 365 Inspirational Quotes - Series - I

“Time measures love in moments, but forgetting is a chapter that never closes.”
― Shree Shambav, Twenty + One - 21 Short Stories - Series II

“In the bitterness of the present, the seeds of future sweetness lie concealed.”
― Shree Shambav, Life Changing Journey - 365 Inspirational Quotes - Series - I

“At dawn, let your heart take flight in gratitude, soaring through the day on the wings of love.”
― Shree Shambav, Life Changing Journey - 365 Inspirational Quotes - Series - I

“To understand another, delve into the unspoken realms, for there, in the silence, you’ll find the authentic tapestry of their existence.”
― Shree Shambav, Life Changing Journey - 365 Inspirational Quotes - Series - I

“In the tapestry of existence, music is the thread that weaves emotions into the fabric of our hearts, creating a symphony of peace that resonates through the soul.”
― Shree Shambav, Death: Light of Life and the Shadow of Death

“In the lexicon of life, ‘Mother’ is not just a word; it’s the embodiment of the purest emotions and the sweetest lullabies.”
― Shree Shambav, Death: Light of Life and the Shadow of Death

“The true poetry of love resides not in the uttered words but in the tender symphony that echoes within the spaces of unspoken understanding.”
― Shree Shambav, Death: Light of Life and the Shadow of Death

“The echoes of falsehood are the whispers of a fearful heart. In essence, a liar is a soul seeking refuge from the storms of truth.”
― Shree Shambav, Death: Light of Life and the Shadow of Death

“When the stored up kamma meets with conditions favourable to its maturation, it awakens from its dormant state and triggers off some effect that brings due compensation for the original action. The ripening may take place in the present life, in the next life, or in some life subsequent to the next. A kamma may ripen by producing rebirth into the next existence, thus determining the basic form of life; or it may ripen in the course of a lifetime, issuing in our varied experiences of happiness and pain, success and failure, progress and decline. But whenever it ripens and in whatever way, the same principle invariably holds: wholesome actions yield favourable results, unwholesome actions yield unfavourable results.”
― Bhikkhu Bodhi, The Noble Eightfold Path: Way to the End of Suffering

“In our efforts to avoid pain, we inadvertently avoid the depths of our true selves. Embrace the pain because it leads to a deeper understanding of who you are beyond the shadows of suffering.”
― Shree Shambav, Death: Light of Life and the Shadow of Death

“A life well-lived is a testament to simplicity, where peace of mind flourishes, expectations diminish, and the soul finds solace in the gentle rhythm of simplicity.”
― Shree Shambav, Death: Light of Life and the Shadow of Death

“Wishes are like curses and I did this to myself.”
― C.L. Lauder, The Quelling: Befriend your enemy, save your friend.

“In the symphony of humanity, understanding is the harmonious chord that bridges the gaps between hearts, allowing the music of empathy to resonate with the delicate notes of patience.”
― Shree Shambav, Death: Light of Life and the Shadow of Death

“For instance, if you believe that actions can have an impact on future rebirths, your calculations will be very dierent from what they would be if you believed that actions gave no results, or gave results that went no further than this lifetime. In giving clear answers to these larger questions, the Dhamma oers much more than a guide to the present. It explains how to recognize past mistakes so that you can learn from them, and how to plan for a satisfactory future. In providing this framework, the Dhamma gives you standards for deciding which kinds of actions will be skillful and which ones won’t.
As the Buddha said, the primary duty of any responsible teacher is to provide a student both with the confidence that there are such things as skillful and unskillful actions, and with standards for recognizing, in any given situation, which is which. Any interpretation of the Dhamma that neglects this framework—or treats the issue of what happens at death as a mystery—counts as irresponsible.”
― Thanissaro Bhikkhu

“Por exemplo, se você acredita que as ações podem ter um impacto em futuras reencarnações, seus cálculos serão muito diferentes do que seriam se você acreditasse que as ações não têm resultados, ou que os resultados não vão além desta vida. Ao fornecer respostas claras a essas questões mais amplas, o Darma oferece muito mais do que um guia para o presente. Ele explica como reconhecer erros do passado para que você possa aprender com eles e como planejar um futuro satisfatório. Ao fornecer esse quadro, o Darma estabelece padrões para decidir quais tipos de ações serão habilidosas e quais não serão.
Como disse Buda, o dever primário de qualquer professor responsável é fornecer ao aluno tanto a confiança de que existem ações habilidosas e não habilidosas, quanto critérios para reconhecer, em qualquer situação dada, qual é qual. Qualquer interpretação de Budismo que negligencie esse quadro — ou trate a questão do que acontece após a morte como um mistério — é irresponsável.”
― Thanissaro Bhikkhu

“There is no escape - we pay for the violence of our ancestors.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

“A soothing lullaby, a golden potion, as sweet as honey, an ethereal salve that calms the racing heart and transports it to the shores of peace.”
― Shree Shambav, Death: Light of Life and the Shadow of Death

“Cyclones and floods carve tales of destruction, yet within the debris lies the indomitable spirit of humanity, rebuilding and rising, a symphony of hope echoing through the ruins.”
― Shree Shambav, Death: Light of Life and the Shadow of Death

“If you are not who you should be. So maybe you haven't done what you should have done yet.”
― Vishesh Panthi

“In the delicate dance between development and nature, our steps must be gentle, echoing the intricate rhythms of the ecosystem. Only then can we create a world where peace, compassion, and empathy coexist.”
― Shree Shambav, Death: Light of Life and the Shadow of Death

“Amidst life’s tempests, the art of graceful presentation emerges as a silent anthem of resilience, echoing the indomitable spirit that refuses to be overshadowed by adversity.”
― Shree Shambav, Death: Light of Life and the Shadow of Death

“Gradually, as our perspective deepens, we begin to experience our own lives in the context of a wider purpose. We begin to look at all our melodramas and our desires and our sufferings, and instead of seeing them as events happening within a lifetime bounded by birth and death, we begin experiencing them as part of a much vaster design.We begin to appreciate that there is a wider frame around our lives, within which our particular incarnation is happening. One of the first things that kind of perspective does for us is to calm us down a great deal. The whole game isn’t riding on this one lifetime! Whew! There’s a great feeling of release inherent in that; it removes the anxiety and the sense of urgency. We don’t have to do it all right now—and in fact we see we’re not “doing it” anyway! It’s the lawful continuity of karma and reincarnation flowing through us lifetime after lifetime, kalpa after kalpa. What a relief!”
― Ram Dass, Paths to God: Living the Bhagavad Gita

“Within the sanctuary of love, life finds its purpose, and every heartbeat becomes a testament to the profound beauty of existence.”
― Shree Shambav, Death: Light of Life and the Shadow of Death

“Life is a tapestry made of highs and lows, each thread adding to the beauty of our individual story.”
― Shree Shambav, Death: Light of Life and the Shadow of Death

“Time, the silent sculptor of fate, moulds our trials into triumphs, showing us that ‘everything happens for good’ in the grand narrative of existence.”
― Shree Shambav, Journey of Soul - Karma

“The idea of reward and punishment also springs from this law. Whatever we sow, we must reap. It cannot be otherwise. [...] If a person spends all his life in evil-thinking and wrongdoing, then it is useless for him to look for happiness hereafter; because our hereafter is not a matter of chance, but follows as the reaction of our present action. [...] We should, however, never lose sight of the fact that all these ideas of reward and punishment exist in the realm of relativity or finiteness. No soul can ever be doomed eternally through his finite evil deeds; for the cause and effect must always be equal. Thus we can see through our common sense that the theory of eternal perdition and eternal heaven is impossible and illogical, since no finite action can create an infinite result. Hence according to Vedanta, the goal of mankind is neither temporal pleasure nor pain, but Mukti or absolute freedom ; and each soul is consciously or unconsciously marching towards this goal through the various experiences of life and death.”
― Paramananda

“In the eternal dance of existence, creation unfolds as a continuous melody, orchestrating the symphony of life with each fleeting note.”
― Shree Shambav, Journey of Soul - Karma