Re: Are you a good person by your own accord or by religious prescription?
Asifk,
Is Karma different than the major religions? Be good be rewarded, be bad and you are punished. If you have a belief in Karma are you acting good because it is selfserving in the end?
well both the same and not the same
karma is cause and effect
basically a kind of scientific approach to life where being good is basically the most logical thing to do
if im acting good for future rewards? not really :) because i believe in rebirth, and this is i believe is circular, so even if im a universal king, i am subject to death and loss, therefore anything conditioned like this is unsatisfactory in the end :d
i do good because it feels the best :) the rest is just fringe benefits :p