“Doing your dharma is why bad things happen to bad people.”
Confusables Entry 1211 / 1350 60-second read
Karma vs. Dharma
The law of cause and effect from actions versus your duty or cosmic order.
The comparisoni
“Doing your dharma is doing your duty; karma is the cause-effect law — each action shapes future outcomes.”
The ruleii
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KARMA = action-fruit. DHARMA = duty.
KARMA (Sanskrit "action") is the principle that every action has consequences — in Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism. DHARMA is one's duty or cosmic order — how one should live. Both are core Indic concepts; they're complementary, not synonymous.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
Karma = result. Dharma = the right path.