Karma is a concept of Hinduism which describes a system in which advantageous effects are derived from past beneficial actions and harmful effects from past harmful actions, creating a system of actio
Karma as action philosophy and value theory: if we sow goodness, we will reap goodness.
Reincarnation, also known as rebirth or transmigration, is the philosophical or religious concept that nonmaterial essence of a living being begins a new lifespan in a different physical form or body
Karma in Hinduism
…from past beneficial actions and harmful effects from past harmful actions, creating a system of actions and reactions throughout a soul's (jivatman's) reincarnated lives, forming a cycle of rebirth. The causality is said to apply not only to the material world but also to our thoughts, words, actions, and actions…
Illustration of reincarnation in Saiva Siddhanta Church (Hawaii) art
In Jainism, a soul travels to any one of the four states of existence after death depending on its karmas.
A second-century Roman sarcophagus shows the mythology and symbolism of the Orphic and Dionysiac Mystery schools. Orpheus plays his lyre to the left.
In this 8-meter (25-foot) tall Buddhist relief, made between 1177 and 1249, located at Dazu Rock Carvings, Chongqing, China, Mara, Lord of Death and Desire, clutches a Wheel of Reincarnation which outlines the Buddhist cycle of reincarnation.