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the Law of Karma
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The six realms of rebirth include Deva (heavenly), Asura (demigod), Manusya (human), Tiryak (animals), Preta (ghosts), and Naraka (resident of hell).
rebirth, state Buddhism traditions,
is determined by karma, with good realms favored by Kushala (good karma), while a rebirth in evil realms is a consequence of Akushala (bad karma).
While
Nirvana is the
ultimate goal of Buddhist teaching, much of traditional Buddhist practice has been
centered on gaining merit and merit transfer, whereby one gains rebirth in the good realms and avoids rebirth in the evil realms.
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the chain, or law, of
dependent arising (paṭicca-samuppāda),
or the chain of causation—a fundamental concept of Buddhism describing the causes of suffering (dukkha) and the course of events that lead a being through rebirth, old age, and death.
karma refers to the idea that intentional actions have consequences for the agent, in this life and in future lives; in fact, it is karma that leads to rebirth. Buddhists understand the law of karma as another manifestation of
dependent arising (paṭicca-samuppāda), the law of cause and effect, whereby everything that exists arises due to specific conditions. In this sense, the law of karma is
a sort of natural law, so that actions are naturally followed by consequences, not as the result of divine judgement. But they will follow:
the Buddha emphasised that actions lead inevitably to appropriate consequences:
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