Q&A for How to Know What Creates Negative Karma

Definitely! Take some time to recognize when you're harboring ill feelings toward yourself, someone else, or another circumstance. Transforming those negative feelings into more loving emotions can help clear your karma.

Honestly, don't be a jerk. I'm mad at someone and I wish something bad would happen to them, you will inevitably find yourself in that same type of situation. The more choices you make towards good behavior and peaceful thoughts, the higher your vibration can go.

Karma isn't like spirit or the universe making you do this thing or that thing. Karma is always us doing it to ourselves. So, we are bound by our own thoughts, by our own words, and by our own promises, not anybody else's.

The way to "cancel out" bad karma is by generating good karma through selfless acts. Look into volunteer opportunities, be helpful to those around you, and become a positive influence in your community.

Doing bad things such as committing crimes, fighting with people, getting revenge etc.

No, intentions are all that matter. Sex is a part of nature, and is nothing to be ashamed about, as long as it is with consenting adults.

It could be, if you have recently done things to hurt others. It could also just be a patch of bad luck. Either way, do your best to be kind and helpful and things will soon get back on track.

I don't know for sure if drinking or smoking by themselves create bad karma, but consider this: smoking is not just detrimental to the health of the smoker. The second-hand smoke created is harmful to the people who are nearby. And the smoker brings with him/her the smell of the smoke on their clothes, so that people around can smell the smoke. Drinking, if in excess, such as when the drinker gets drunk, might at the least be annoying for the people around. More so, if the drunk person goes on to drive, or get into a fight, people around may get hurt since self-control is reduced when one is drunk. I would think that causing others harm in these ways would create bad karma.

No, intentions are all that matter. If you love her, you have done nothing wrong.

Possibly. This is a paraphrase of what the Buddha taught on this topic: All that we are is the sum of our thoughts. If you speak evil or perform an evil action, suffering will follow you like the wheel follows the hoof of an animal pulling a cart. If you (habitually) speak good or perform good actions, happiness will follow you like a shadow. If you fill your mind with unwholesome thoughts, you will attract suffering. If your evil thoughts are not in harmony with your true nature, it will trouble your mind, affecting your dreams.

Yes. Instead of trying to get back at the person, seek a compassionate solution and find a way to rediscover your natural connection with them.

Not necessarily, but some people do believe that dreams can reflect a person's Karma. It really depends on what you personally believe.

No because you're doing it to help yourself. True kindness is about helping other people without hoping or expecting for anything in return for doing so.

No, watching pornography doesn't contribute to negative karma, although as a Buddhist you should stay away from intoxicants.

It all depends on what you believe in, but some people may consider it to be bad karma since it is against the law.

Dreams do not affect other people, so they cannot cause positive or negative karma unless you act on them later, in real life.

That depends on the details. If they need life-saving surgery, and you are the only surgeon available who could do it, saying no would definitely be bad karma. If they want something bad for them, or ask for you to do something which won't affect them but which will hurt you or another person, saying "no" is not bad karma.

The origins of karma are in the "dharmic" religions, Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism. However, since the 1960s people outside these faiths, including Christians, have begun to adopt the concept. It could be argued that Matthew 7:15-20 expresses a similar idea to karma.

This happens with everyone. Negative karma is created when you misbehave with an innocent person and then you don't apologize. If you are guilty of what you did then you must call or meet that person and apologize.

It is really good to hear that youth is taking interest in Hinduism. Karma is of both types good and bad. When you do bad to someone it will find a way coming back to you and the same is with good. To reverse your karma, you must go and apologize to the person and if you have done a thing, when you are aware of it, then you should not repeat it.