karma

kaʁma

Definition

Definition of karma - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

religion orientaleloi spirituelle où les actions déterminent le destin futur

Selon le karma, ses bonnes actions lui apporteront du bonheur.

destin

rétribution

justice cosmiqueretour négatif des mauvaises actions passées

Il pense que ses problèmes actuels sont dus au karma.

retour de bâton

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Expressions with karma

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mauvais karma

conséquences négatives qui résultent d'actions passées considérées comme mauvaises

Après avoir triché, il a eu du mauvais karma toute l'année.

bon karma

conséquences positives qui résultent de bonnes actions passées

Il pense que son bon karma lui a apporté cette promotion.

karma-yoga

voie spirituelle du yoga fondée sur l'action altruiste sans recherche personnelle

Elle s'intéresse au karma-yoga et lit beaucoup sur cette voie.

Origin of karma

sanskrit, karma (action, destin)

Terms with karma included in their meaning

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la roue tourne

exp.

karma

les actes ont des conséquences qui reviennent, bonnes ou mauvaises

karmique

adj.

spiritualité

qui concerne le karma dans les religions orientales

karmiquement

adv.

spiritualité

selon les principes du karma dans les religions orientales

Examples of karma in a sentence

Le karma joue un rôle central dans cette philosophie.
Certains croient que le karma finit toujours par agir.
Elle attribue sa malchance au karma.

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English:karma, cosmic retribution, ...
German:Karma, Schicksal, ...
Italian:karma, ...
Spanish:karma, castigo kármico, ...
Portuguese:karma, ...
Chinese:业力, 报应, ...
Japanese:カルマ, ...
Arabic:كارما, جزاء الأعمال, ...
Hebrew:קַרְמָה, ...
Russian:карма, кармическое воздаяние, ...
Ukrainian:карма, ...
Catalan:karma, carma, ...
Danish:karma, negative følger af tidligere handlinger, ...
Dutch:karma, ...
Greek:κάρμα, ...
Hungarian:karma, karmikus megtorlás, ...
Khmer:កម្ម, ...
Korean:카르마, ...
Polish:karma, przeznaczenie, ...
Portuguese (BR):karma, carma, ...
Romanian:karma, destin, ...
Swedish:karma, dålig karma, ...
Thai:กรรม, ผลกรรม, ...
Turkish:karma, ...
Vietnamese:nghiệp, quả báo, ...

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