Karma is the universal Law of cause and effect.
Karma is everything and everything is Karma.
In Buddhism, Karma is codified as Myoho, where Myoho means, literally, Mystic Law, the Mystic Law of cause and effect.
At Karma’s most general conceptual level, there are two fundamental types of Karma:
- Immutable Karma, and
- Mutable Karma
There are three general categories of Immutable Karma:
- Karma destined to appear in one’s current lifetime
- Karma destined to appear in one’s next lifetime
- Karma destined to appear in a later lifetime
Karma carries over across multiple lifetimes.
Karma in one’s present lifetime is comprised, in part, from the Karma of one’s past lifetimes.
Karma in one’s present lifetime is comprised, in part also, from the Karma in one’s present lifetime.
However, there are additional aspects of, and additional dimensions to, the nature of Karma:
- Manifest Karma, and
- Latent Karma
Manifest and Latent Karma can be further codified into: