law of karma
E18569
The law of karma is a spiritual principle, central to Indian religions, that holds a person’s intentional actions inevitably shape their future experiences across this and possible future lives.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| law of karma canonical | 2 |
| Karma (action) | 1 |
| Threefold Law | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T152521 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: law of karma Context triple: [Hinduism, hasBelief, law of karma]
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A.
Jainism
Jainism is an ancient Indian religion that emphasizes non-violence, truth, and asceticism as the path to spiritual liberation.
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B.
Golden Rule
The Golden Rule is a foundational ethical principle, especially prominent in Christian teaching, that urges people to treat others as they themselves would like to be treated.
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C.
Silver Rule
The Silver Rule is an ethical principle that advises people to avoid doing to others what they would not want done to themselves, serving as a more cautious, negative formulation of the Golden Rule.
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D.
kingdom of ends
The kingdom of ends is Immanuel Kant’s ethical ideal of a moral community in which all rational beings legislate and follow universal moral laws while treating each other always as ends in themselves, never merely as means.
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E.
Kabbalah
Kabbalah is a Jewish mystical tradition that explores the hidden, spiritual dimensions of God, the universe, and the Torah through symbolic and esoteric teachings.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: law of karma Target entity description: The law of karma is a spiritual principle, central to Indian religions, that holds a person’s intentional actions inevitably shape their future experiences across this and possible future lives.
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A.
Jainism
Jainism is an ancient Indian religion that emphasizes non-violence, truth, and asceticism as the path to spiritual liberation.
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B.
Golden Rule
The Golden Rule is a foundational ethical principle, especially prominent in Christian teaching, that urges people to treat others as they themselves would like to be treated.
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C.
Silver Rule
The Silver Rule is an ethical principle that advises people to avoid doing to others what they would not want done to themselves, serving as a more cautious, negative formulation of the Golden Rule.
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D.
kingdom of ends
The kingdom of ends is Immanuel Kant’s ethical ideal of a moral community in which all rational beings legislate and follow universal moral laws while treating each other always as ends in themselves, never merely as means.
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E.
Kabbalah
Kabbalah is a Jewish mystical tradition that explores the hidden, spiritual dimensions of God, the universe, and the Torah through symbolic and esoteric teachings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
moral causation doctrine
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philosophical concept ⓘ religious concept ⓘ spiritual principle ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
intentional actions
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moral choices ⓘ |
| centralTo |
Buddhism
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Hinduism ⓘ Jainism ⓘ Sikhism ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
divine predestination
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random fate ⓘ |
| entails |
continuity of moral effects across lives
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ethical responsibility for one’s actions ⓘ future experiences are conditioned by past actions ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
Indian philosophy
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Indian religions ⓘ ethics ⓘ |
| hasEtymology | derived from Sanskrit word "karma" meaning "action" or "deed" ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
explaining moral order of the universe
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linking ethical behavior to future outcomes ⓘ |
| hasKeyIdea |
actions shape future experiences
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intentional actions have consequences ⓘ moral causality across lifetimes ⓘ |
| influences |
Indian ethical thought
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Indian religious practice ⓘ Indian philosophy ⓘ
surface form:
Indian social thought
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| involvesConcept |
demerit
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intention ⓘ merit ⓘ moral desert ⓘ |
| isBelievedToOperateAcross |
future lives
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multiple rebirths ⓘ this life ⓘ |
| isCharacterizedBy |
causal connection between deed and result
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inevitability of consequences ⓘ moral quality of actions influencing results ⓘ |
| isInterpretedDifferentlyIn |
Buddhism
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Hinduism ⓘ Jainism ⓘ Sikhism ⓘ |
| relatesTo |
liberation
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moksha ⓘ nirvana ⓘ rebirth ⓘ reincarnation ⓘ samsara ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: law of karma Description of subject: The law of karma is a spiritual principle, central to Indian religions, that holds a person’s intentional actions inevitably shape their future experiences across this and possible future lives.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Karma (action)