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karmic force
Referenced by: force, karmic (cross-reference only) |
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| Tibetan | |
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| Pali | |
| Definition | A general term for both positive and negative karmic force -- the type of karmic aftermath that is either a constructive or destructive phenomenon and which will ripen into a result intermittently. (1) In all Tibetan Buddhist systems except Vaibhashika and the Gelug Prasangika presentation, it has two phases (a) the karmic energy, referring to the karmic action itself, and (b) the karmic potential, which is the karmic force that has taken on the essential nature of a karmic tendency (karmic seed). (2) In the Vaibhashika and Gelug Prasangika system, this is the case only regarding mental karmic actions. With regard to physical and verbal karmic actions, the karma of the action -- both its revealing and nonrevealing forms, as well as the karmic force that has taken on the essential nature of a karmic tendency. |
| Arabic | قوى الكارما |
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| German | karmische Kraft |
| Italian | forza karmica |
| Russian | кармическая сила |
| Vietnamese | nghiệp lực |