one has done in the past, and what one will become in the future is being determined by all one's actions in the present.
There are basic similarities between the two religions with respect to one being trapped in a karmic cycle of suffering. Most importantly, both believe such karmic imprisonment is a matter of ignorance. One can become aware of the trap one is in by recognizing one's suffering and wanting to be done with it, or by education and ritual. One important difference between Buddhism and Hinduism with respect to karma has to do with reincarnation, in which Hinduism believes, and rebirth, in which Buddhism believes: "Within [Buddhist] Samsara, karma conditions rebirth, not reincarnation: there is no permanent self or atman transmigrating from body to body."
Christmas Humphreys definition of Buddhist karma is similar to that of Schroeder's definition of Hindu karma: "The law of cause and effect, as applied to the mind." Then, differenc
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