Phil. 312: Oriental Philosophy
Quiz: Karma
Spring, 2008 c
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Directions: Carefully study statements 1-10. Decide whether each statement
is true or false, and in the spaces provided write the word “true” or the word
“false” in accordance with your decision.
1. The doctrine of karma implies that what
a person chooses has an effect on that person’s life in the present and in
the future.
2. An important tenet of Hinduism is that
our karma cannot be altered.
3. A person’s karma is part of the store-
house consciousness of conscience.
4. The doctrine of karma is distinctly sim-
ilar to the Bible verse in Galatians 6:7: “As ye sow so shall ye reap.”
5. The doctrine of karma is different from
the Western concepts of both determinism and radical free will.
6. The doctrine of karma implies that every
person eventually gets what every person deserves.
7. Every intentional action has an effect not
only on the world but also an effect upon the agent of the action according
to karma.
8. Mainstream Hinduism allows for a doc-
trine of grace whereby the karma of past misdeeds is extinguished.
9. The law of karma can be described as
the moral law of action and reaction.
10. Bad karma can be changed and good
karma can be cultivated by a doctrine of inaction, that is, by letting some
“causes” go or by “letting causes pass” by not reacting to them.
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