Karma (Sanskrit: कर्म About this sound kárma (help·info), kárman- "act, action, [[performance]]"; Pali: kamma) in Indian religions is the concept of "action" or "deed", understood as that which causes the entire cycle of cause and effect (i.e., the cycle called saṃsāra) originating in ancient India and treated in Hindu, Jain, Sikh and Buddhist philosophies. | Karma (Sanskrit: कर्म About this sound kárma (help·info), kárman- "act, action, [[performance]]"; Pali: kamma) in Indian religions is the concept of "action" or "deed", understood as that which causes the entire cycle of cause and effect (i.e., the cycle called saṃsāra) originating in ancient India and treated in Hindu, Jain, Sikh and Buddhist philosophies. |