Sometimes people refer to the law of karma as a natural and inescapable law of the universe. While integral to Buddhist teachings, including those abt compassion and wisdom, essentially karma means action, although this is a general definition.

Most precisely, Buddhists say that karma refers to actions that afre willed or meant-that is , those that have intention behind them. However, even if we do someting instinctively, without thinking abt it, there is still some level of unconscious intention at work.

Therefore, all of ours actions can create karma. Their effects can vary between being powerful or weak depending on different conditions and situations. traditional Buddhist texts state that buddhas, or people who have become enlightened, are the only ones whose actions are perfectly "pure" and no longer generate any karma.