<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">karma</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>Buddhist doctrinal concepts</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>Hindu doctrinal concepts</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>Jain doctrinal concepts</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>kamma</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>karman</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ 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. ]]></note></mads>