Karmic Debt Analysis

The film Life and Debt is a documentary filmed by the award winning film director, Stephanie Black. The film examines the effects of globalization in Jamaica, from the point of view of Jamaican workers, farmers, and government and policy officials. Life and Debt shines a light on how the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank's structural adjustment policies affected Jamaica. It shows how the impositions made by the IMF and NAFTA, crippled Jamaican industry and agriculture and caused the end of Jamaica’s a self-sufficient economy. The documentary also emphasizes the difference between the Jamaica that the tourists see, and the Jamaica that the native citizens see.

Karma is a belief in which if you do good, the world will reward you, and if you do bad, it will punish you. Just like in physics where every action has a reaction, is how it is in real life. If you commit a good deed, then somehow, someway, the universe will repay you. Bad actions lead to consequences which is what the universe will be in charge of.

we also see the karma through samsara, the world of becoming. The reason why both the old monk

Explain the relationship between karma and rebirth. Discuss the benefits and liabilities of embracing such a view as karma and rebirth.

Society tends to live day to day without much question of their own existence. Humans are born into the world and without second thought begin to live their lives, but there comes a time when individuals begin to question the reason for their being. In Richard Taylor’s, “The Meaning of Life”, Taylor explores the thought that our existence, when viewed externally without our prejudices, is fundamentally pointless. A thorough analysis of Taylor’s ideas will be given to understand the reasoning behind his thoughts, his argument will then be defended from counter arguments that state that the meaning behind any entity’s life could have any alternative meaning.

I think that my idea is much better because it will free up funds that could be reallocated where it is needed such as healthcare expenses. These issues really need to be addressed and reevaluated and something needs to be done immediately. It will never be practiced because the politicians will not reduce their income and we will continue seeing cutbacks from our veterans, elderly, and disabled populations.

    In modern days karma is seen through cause and effect, just as it was in Shakespearian times. Nowadays, negative karma is

Every indulgent soul in upper hell is punished according to his own personality. There are no demons to force them to do anything. They bring the punishment on themselves by eternally acting out a version of their sin.

experience in the next life depends on the good and bad karma built up in the

Neocolonialism as defined by Sandra Halperin, is the control of less-developed countries by developed countries through indirect means. These means mainly include economic, political, and cultural pressures to influence the continued dependency of former colonies creating a ‘colonial-like exploitation. Stephen Black, director of Life and Debt documentary, portrays this concept by using the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank’s influence on the Jamaican economy. In this response I will be focusing on the different aspects of neo colonialism in relation to leadership portrayed in the film Life and Debt.

Karma is whatever action you do has consequences whether they are good or bad. Karma is in everyday life whether it be a robber a getting arrested for robbing a bank to for somebody receiving money for helping an old lady with some task. Karma was seen wildly throughout the book The Ramayana in each of the character in the book. In this paper we will examine how karma played a role in each of these characters

Even I have been guilty of this idea of what the meaning of my existence is supposed to

In Buddhism, Karma has two forms; mental karma and deed karma (Encyclopedia of Religion 266). The two forms both abide by the belief that good or bad actions yield good or bad results. Mental karma is governed by what a person thinks. If a person thinks impure or malicious thoughts, they will build up bad karma during his life, and for pure thoughts, good karma is built up. Deed karma refers to the actions performed physically by a person. As with mental karma, deed karma is the culmination of good karma and bad karma resulting from one’s actions.

Avoiding Karma in Jainism is an autonomous quest done through intense altruism, self-restraint and patience. Ahisma meaning “non-violence” is one of the fundamental principles of Jainism that individuals practice to avoid karma. This is the belief that one should not harm any form of

We have been talking about five types of feeling that not only the cultivators but everyone will encounter. Most people will react negatively when facing them, but for the practitioners, we should know that we attract what comes to us so we should not respond negatively. The attraction is not because of something we said, but it’s because there is not enough yang aspect in our organs (heart, liver, spleen, lungs, kidney); they are not healthy. When the internal energy is yin, we attract negativities from outside. For example, if we often feel mistreated, it’s because the earth-yin quality is too high; our spleen is weak. If we always feel envious or jealous, it’s because we have too much metal-yin nature; our lungs are not healthy.