Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Associated Concepts Facet
3. Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)
4. [religions and religious concepts]
5. religious concepts
6. doctrinal concepts
7. Buddhist doctrinal concepts

Additional parents:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Associated Concepts Facet
3. Associated Concepts
4. religions and religious concepts
5. religious concepts
6. doctrinal concepts
7. Hindu doctrinal concepts

Anotations

Scope note:

The chain of causation that drives all phenomena, in which virtuous actions lead to future happiness and evil acts the opposite. The sum of a person's actions in one of his successive states of existence, regarded as determining his fate in the next. Among symbols for karma is the endless knot. Karma is a key concept in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, and Taoism.