You reap what you sow, or Karma?

[oneofsix]

Well, fark me Jesus!

drop your pants and he might

[rainman]

Falun Gong/Bhudism..... have been around as long as Sanskrit also. So you might not want to take one version and say it is law. Fact of the matter is there are multiple version of Karma - not simply the 'action one' which originated from India.

From Wikipedia: "Li Hongzhi introduced the Teachings of Falun Gong to the public in Changchun, China in 1992" vs "Classical Sanskrit is the standard register as laid out in the grammar of Pāṇini, around the 4th century BCE." So, yeah, not so much. The Falun Gong version of karma isn't too much different, as I understand things, they just use a different word for skillful karma ("de").
Never been too keen on Falun Gong tbh, Li Hongzhi seems like a bit of a johnny-come-lately to me, and there's a bit too much ritual prancing for my liking, but good luck to 'em. Beats being an investment banker, certainly.

She is the line between yin and yang
She is the surface of the water
She is the force behind the motive

You're right, it's impertinent of me to take one version of the truth as law. However I only ask that the ones I do consider make some form of sense. That's poetry (not necessarily very good), but what does it actually mean?

Tomato Tomaeto - while in modern days we can give the same term to multiple meanings (thanks to English), so while the word "Karma" comes from India, the term seems to be applied to multiple versions. Either action, reaction or the balance of both.

This was typed on a personal computer, which is also a Laptop, which is also a Notebook. But technically speaking a notebook is a small book you write notes in with a pen.......you see where I am going with this.

Meh, semantics, it's not as exciting as you think. Besides, where else other than our dumbed-down, miserly culture have people consistently held a coherent theory of karma as "getting one's comeuppance"? Taking delight in the misfortunes of others just plain ain't skillful, or even useful. Most people figure this out eventually... others need a bit more time.