业力

業力
yèlì
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 karma (Buddhist concept)
  2. 2 the force of one's past actions shaping future outcomes

Examples

Fójiào rènwéi yèlì huì yǐngxiǎng láishì.
Buddhism holds that karma affects one's next life.
Zhòng shàn yīn dé shàn guǒ, zhè jiùshì yèlì.
Plant good causes, reap good effects — that is karma.

Tips

culture
Chinese translation of Sanskrit 'karma.' In Buddhism, every action () generates a force () that ripens into future experience. The everyday phrase (you reap what you sow) captures the folk version of the same idea.

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