1. “He is unaffected by Karma, although engaged in action. Who has yoked himself to the way of yoga, whose mind is purified. Whose self has triumphed and whose senses have been subdued. And whose self indeed, become the self of all beings. Although
2. Karma grows from our hearts. Karma terminates from our hearts. – Gautama Buddha
3. “Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.” – Gautama Buddha
4. “Surely if living creatures saw the results of all their evil deeds, they would turn away from them in disgust. But selfhood blinds them, and they cling to their obnoxious desires. They crave pleasure for themselves and they cause pain to others;
5. “All that we are is the result of what we have thought; what we think we become.” – Gautama Buddha
6. “Once you know the nature of anger and joy is empty and you let them go, you free yourself from karma.” – Gautama Buddha
7. “Not even death can wipe out our good deeds.” – Gautama Buddha
8. “I am the owner of my karma. I inherit my karma. I am born of my karma. I am related to my karma. I live supported by my karma. Whatever karma i create, whether good or evil, that I shall inherit.” – Gautama Buddha
9. “It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.” – Gautama Buddha
10. “The samskaras of impressions of these good actions are indelibly imbedded in your subconscious mind. The force if these samskaras will again propel you to do some more good actions.” – Swami Sivananda
11. “You are the architect of you own fate. You are the master of your own destiny. You can do and undo things. You sow an action and reap a tendency. You sow a tendency and reap a habit. You sow a habit and reap your character. Your sow your charac
12. “Crave for a thing, you will get it. Renounce the craving and the object will follow you by itself” – Swami Sivananda
13. “Karma is a Sanskrit term. It means action or deed. Any physical or mental action is Karma. Thinking is mental Karma. Karma is the sum total of our acts, both in the present life and in the preceding births.” – Swami Sivananda
14. “Karma means not only action, but also the result of an action. There is a hidden power in Karma or action termed 'Adrishta' which brings in fruits of Karmas for the individual. The consequence of an action is really not a separate thing. It is
15. “Behind the action, there are desire and thought. A desire for an object arises in the mind. Then you think how to get it. Then you exert to possess it. Desire, thought and action always go together. They are the three threads, as it were, that
16. “Karma is of three kinds, viz. Sanchita or the accumulated works, Prarabdha or the fructifying works, and Kriyamana or the current works. Sanchita is all the accumulated Karmas of the past. Part of it is seen in the character of man, in hi
17. “As a man sows, so he shall reap. This is the Law of Karma. It expounds the riddle of life and the riddle of the universe. It brings solace, satisfaction and comfort to one and all. It is a self-evident truth.” – Swami Sivananda
18. “A Karma Yogi should have large heart. He should be free from crookedness, meanness, miserliness and selfishness. He should be absolutely free from greed, anger and egoism.” – Swami Sivananda
19. “Aversion is a form of bondage. We are tied to what we hate or fear. That is why, in our lives, the same problem, the same danger or difficulty, will present itself over and over again in various prospects, as long as we continue to resist or ru
20. “It is not easy to get rid of karma, and every man is subject to it. The more you push a pendulum to the right, the more it will swing to the left, then again to the right- action and reaction. No action in life goes unpaid and you can't hide an
21. “Wherever there is mobility, there is karma. Every karma causes ripples or vibrations and these keep on moving in a chain reaction. Each action creates a reaction; and the reaction makes another reaction. In the course of time, this chain reacti
22. “The meaning of karma is in the intention. The intention behind action is what matters” – The Gita
23. “The person who’s mind is always free from attachment, who has subdued the mind and senses, and who is free from desires, attains the supreme perfection of freedom from Karma through renunciation.” – The Gita
24. “The works of the ordinary worldly man are a mixture of both good and evil, binding him to the corresponding results of same. The actions of a spiritual man are pure. They produce good effects that lead toward freedom; but even good karmic effec
25. “The universal law of karma.. is that of action and reaction, cause and effect, sowing and reaping. In the course of natural righteousness, man, by his thoughts and actions, becomes the arbiter of his destiny.” – Paramahansa Yogananda
26. “The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.” – Paramahansa Yogananda
27. “Truth burns up all karma and frees you from all births.” – Paramahansa Yogananda
28. “Karma is best worked out by meeting pleasantly every test that comes, and by accepting courageously any hardships your tests impose. Meditation is an important factor in overcoming Karma. Every time you meditate, your karma decreases, for at th
29. “Karma means material action, that which is instigated by egoistic desire. It sets into motion the law of cause and effect. The action produces a result that binds itself to the doer until the cause is compensated by the appropriate effect, whet
30. “Before you act, you have freedom, but after you act, the effect of that action will follow you whether you want it to or not. That is the law of karma.” – Paramahansa Yogananda
31. “Since all effects or seeds of our past actions, our karma, can be destroyed by roasting them in the fire of meditation, concentration, the light of superconsciousness, and right actions, there is no such thing as fate. You make your own destiny
32. “The subject of karma and destiny is a very difficult one to talk about and understand, because to experience karma and destiny is a lifelong process beyond human comprehension.” – Swami Niranjana
33. “We interact in these five dimensions simultaneously. The process of interaction happens through the aspect of karma. What is karma? The literal meaning of karma is action, and it has been used in many different ways to define the levels of huma
34. “There is a statement in the Upanishads which says that through karma one can change one's destiny, meaning that through proper performance of action in life, through the harmonious expression of action in life, it is possible to change the qual
35. “Nobody in this world is free of karma. Even if God comes to this planet He will be confined to the karmas of life, the karmas of the body, the karmas of the mind, the karmas of the spirit.” – Swami Niranjana
36. “So moola bandha is practised to stimulate and alter the activity of mooladhara chakra, which represents the sexual urge, the karma and desire, the sense of security, the want and need of security in life at any level. The need for money, emotio
37. “One cannot roast the seeds of karma because I don't think they are roastable. You can roast the body in the cremation ground, you can roast your mind in the ashram, but you cannot roast your karmas either in the cremation ground or the ashram,
38. “Because of karmas we are what we are today, and if we are identified as an individual then that is because of the karmas. The loss of total identity is the roasting of the karmas, and loss of total identity happens when we are able somehow, eit
39. “People have translated karma as action. Some have defined karma as cause and effect. None of these definitions is true. You have to understand that the whole of life is karma and if you avoid karma then you do not exist. – Swami Niranjana
40. “Nature expresses karma through the elements. The heat of fire is the karma of fire. Expansiveness of space is the karma of space. The movement of the wind is the karma of air. The liquid nature of water is the karma of water. The solidity of ea
41. “By living Dharma there is no karma.” – Guru Gobindh Singh
42. “O please understand, karmas can be cut off, chopped off, and elimina­ted. One can free one from karma by living a life of Dharma.” – Guru Gobindh Singh
43. “Life of prayer is a life of a dare. Life of Dharma has no karma.” – Guru Gobindh Singh
44. “Still others commit all sorts of evil deeds, claiming karma doesn't exist. They erroneously maintain that since everything is empty, committing evil isn't wrong. Such persons fall into a hell of endless darkness with no hope of release. Those w
45. “The man who works for others, without any selfish motive, really does good to himself” – Ramakrishna Paramahansa
46. “Truth burns up all karma and frees your from all births” – Ramana Maharishi
47. “Give up the sense of doership. Karma will go on automatically. Or karma will drop away automatically.” – Ramana Maharishi
48. “One should act without thinking that oneself is the actor. The actions go on despite his agelessness. The person has come into manifestation for a certain purpose. That purpose will be accomplished whether he considers himself the actor or not”
49. “The fruits of actions are not everlasting and the cause one to fall into the great ocean of karma, blocking spiritual progress.” – Ramana Maharishi
50. “We are suffering from our own karma. It is not the fault of God. What we do is our own fault, nothing else. Why should God be blamed?” – Swami Vivekananda
51. “The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful.” – Swami Vivekananda
52. “Our Karma determines what we deserve and what we can assimilate.” – Swami Vivekananda
53. “No man is to be judged by the mere nature of his duties, but all should be judged by the manner and the spirit in which they perform them.” – Swami Vivekananda
54. “When you have trained your mind and your nerves to realise this idea of the world's non-dependence on you or on anybody, there will then be no reaction in the form of pain resulting from work.” – Swami Vivekananda
55. “Every act of love brings happiness; there is no act of love which does not bring peace and blessedness as its reaction.” – Swami Vivekananda
56. “In the ocean we cannot raise a wave without causing a hollow somewhere else.” – Swami Vivekananda
57. “Karma is the eternal assertion of human freedom.. Our thoughts, our words, and deeds are the threads of the net which we throw around ourselves.” – Swami Vivekananda
58. “Reaction and non-action both create karma, but conscious action transcends karma” – Sri Sri Ravi Shankhar
59. “Don’t try to analyse karma because you cannot fathom the depth of karma. Just do your duty and keep moving ahead with love and prayer in your heart.” – Sri Sri Ravi Shankhar
60. “When you blame someone you take on their and karma, when you praise someone you take on the their good karma.” - Sri Sri Ravi Shankhar
61. “When you follow fun, misery follows you. When you follow knowledge, fun follows you.” – Sri Sri Ravi Shankhar
62. “Where does one seek the dos and don’t on karma? listen to your conscience; your inner gut feeling. Don’t do anything which you don’t want others to do to you. That is the criteria.” – Sri Sri Ravi Shankhar
63. “Every impression is Karma, but there is nothing to worry about because Karma is not like an engraving on a rock – it is fluid. And Karma is always bound by time because every action has only a limited reaction – it is not infinite.” – Sri Sri R
64. “Everything that you have done till now is Karma. All that you are doing at present is also Karma. And everything that you are going to do in the future; or the inspiration for every action that you are going to do in the future – that is also K
65. “Getting a friend or enemy happens through some karma. So if your time is good, even an enemy acts like a friend, and if your time is not good, even a friend acts like an enemy.” – Sri Sri Ravi Shankhar
66. “You should listen to your own conscience, your inner gut feeling.Don’t do anything which you don’t want others to do to you. That is the criteria. We should do that which brings long term benefit, even if it is at the cost of some short term un
67. “I want to ask you a question. When the lights were not on in this room, there was darkness here, right? When the lights came on, where did the darkness go? Did it go to that room? Did the darkness escape through the window? Got it? In the same
68. “You are in the right place, doing the right thing. Meditate, chant, take part in lot of service activities and the past karma will get washed away.” – Sri Sri Ravi Shankhar
69. “Liberation is acquired by Nishkama-Karma (Action which is done without any feverishness or attachment to the fruits of the action).” – Sri Sri Ravi Shankhar
70. “One’s thoughts and feelings both determine one’s karma. The way one perceives people and things around himself, they will appear in that very same way to him. People will appear to you the way you perceive them to be. If you see a person as a f
71. “And to live in the law of necessity is to live in bondage. That’s what is meant by samsara: bondage, imprisoned. That is the whole meaning of the law of karma.” – Osho
72. “The law of karma exists only for the unconscious man; for the conscious man there exists no law of karma. It is really unconsciousness that makes you suffer. If you do something unconsciously then you will suffer, then karma will be created. ‘K
73. “Any experience that is complete, you are finished with it. It leaves no karma, it creates no karma. It creates no trace, it leaves no trace in you — not even footprints. Nothing is left of it. It simply disappears, evaporates.” – Osho
74. “The law of karma says: Whatever you have done in the past is still dominating you. You are possessed by the dead past; you are manipulated by the dead past. Whatsoever you have done yesterday has become a pattern, a structure, a character, and
75. “If you suffer it is because of you, if you feel blissful it is because of you. Nobody else is responsible – only you alone. You are your hell and your heaven too” – Osho
76. “The energy you put into the world, positive or negative is exactly what will come back for you.” – Osho
77. “Karma is the memory of life. You are able to build this body the way it is built only because there is memory of life, right from that single-celled animal to every other form. The basis of your existence right now in the physical body is your
78. “karma means you are the maker of your life” – Sadhguru
79. “Every moment of your life, you perform action – physically, mentally, emotionally, and energy-wise. Each action creates a certain memory. That is Karma.” – Sadhguru
80. “Devotion demolishes karma and leads to liberation” – Sadhguru
81. “Karma means both action and memory. There is no memory without action and no action without memory.” – Sadhguru
82. “Karma functions through certain tendencies. But with some awareness and focus, you can push it in a different direction.” – Sadhguru
83. “Karma is like old recording that keep replaying. Yoga means to make life not just a replay but a profound possibility and experience.” – Sadhguru
84. “You must enjoy the fruit, good or bad, of your past karma.” – Sai Baba of Shirdi
85. “Karma never loses an address.” – Sai Baba of Shirdi
86. “Whatever you may do remember that you cannot escape the consequences of your actions (good or bad) committed either in this life itself or in your past life.” – Sai Baba of Shirdi
87. “By serving mankind you are doing nobody a favour but yourself, as you are working on your karma and evolution too.” – Sai Baba of Shirdi
88. “As she has planted, so does she harvest; such is the field of karma.” – Sri Guru Granth Sahib
89. “Karma means action and action motivated by compassion is good. To complain that what happens to you is just the result of your karma is lazy. Instead, confidently recalling the advice that, "You are your own master," you can change what happens
90. “Karma means action. So things change through action, not by prayer.. not by a wish.” – Dalai Lama
91. “From a scientific view, the theory of karma may be a metaphysical assumption – but it is not more so than the assumption that all of life is material and originated out of pure chance.” – Dalai Lama
92. “Mukti cannot be attained as the result of any karma or action, however good and noble and meritorious. It cannot be conferred upon a man as a favour by any person, howsoever enlightened and possessed of yogic powers.” – Mahayogi Gambhirnath
93. “I have seen only Myself. I am bound by my own karma. The materialistic world is bound by the tongue and the sex organ. He who can restrain these two is fit to attain siddhi (enlightenment)." – Baba Lokenath Brahmachari
94. "Know that the Karma can only be won over by being Surrendered to the Divine” – Baba Lokenath Brahmachari
95. “When you understand the concept of karma, you will see that whatsoever is happening to you is really of your own doing. Nothing happens to you from outside of you. You create whatever happens to you. Of course, most of the time you are not cons
96. “Anything which is not letting you cause your reality, the stuck thought current which is not letting you cause your reality is karma.” – Swami Nithyananda
97. “Become the change that you want to see in others! The awareness that you are responsible is enough; you will automatically act intelligently. You will become more aware of every action and thought of yours. You will see all your relationships a
98. “What is karma? It is the action that we perform. Karma is the cause of man's birth, his life on earth, and his ultimate death. The very existence of man depends upon karma. There can be no human life without karma?” – Sathya Sai Baba
99. “We are repaid for our deeds in some way or the other, whether we know it or not, and in the same coin. Nothing ever happens without proper reason, however accidental or mysterious it might appear. The roots go deep and are out of sight. Whether
100. “Sadhana (spiritual practice) is essential, because the effects of karma must be removed by karma alone, just as a thorn (or sharp instrument) is needed to remove another thorn.” – Sathya Sai Baba
101. “The law of karma holds out hope for you. As the karma, so the consequences. Do not bind yourself further by seeking the fruit of karma. Offer the karma at the feet of the lord. Let it glorify him, let it further his splendour. Be Unconcerned w
102. “Karma does not mean merely the actions that we perform with the limbs of our body; even the process of breathing constitutes karma. Eating, drinking, walking, sitting —all are various types of action that man performs. So, it is not possible t
103. “There is only ONE religion, the religion of love; there is only ONE language, the language of the heart; there is only ONE caste, the caste of Humanity; there is only ONE law, the law of karma.” – Sathya Sai Baba
104. “Karma moves in two directions. If we act virtuously, the seed we plant will result in happiness. If we act non-virtuously, suffering results.” – Sakyong Mipham