What do people of the Baha'i faith think of Karma?

What's your opinion on it (For people of the Baha'i faith only)
I'm asking this question for my friend who is Bahai, she believes strongly in it
(I don't) but I'll ask this for her anyway. Do you believe in Karma, what are your opinions on it?

I'm a Baha'i. This is a very interesting question...as far as i know, there's no official Baha'i position on the concept of Karma. I'm not well-versed in the formal definition and concept of karma and i know it's different from the popular on-the-street concept, so I might not be addressing it exactly right. If I had to guess, though, I'd say that the Baha'i organization would tend to eschew karma as a theological construct. In more sociological terms, many times what we call karma can be attributed to a series of coincidences arbitrarily linked together by the human mind. They would not, however, be divinely linked.

All that being said, Baha'is have both a very strong sense of divine justice and a belief that God does subtly influence our world and experiences in this life. So the idea of karma doesn't seem to be completely foreign, dismiss able, and/or contradictory.

Personally...HM. I don't really believe in karma in a formal sense. I do believe that God keeps track of the good and bad actions in our life, but instead of our actions having a cause and effect chain reaction in this world, the effects are instead felt and applied in the next world.

Hope that helps!

Bah??? teachings reject the twin concepts of karma and reincarnation (the idea that humans are continually reborn). The soul comes into existence at the moment of conception and continues in some form of non-material existence after death. It does not return to earth. Accounts of "past lives" are not real memories, but indicate the ability of the human mind to believe firmly in whatever it imagines.

This really depends on how you define Karma. In a very loose, kind of simple way, if you say Karma is bringing something bad into your future by your actions today, then yes, definitely Baha'ullah said what we (human beings) do here on this world will effect us when our life ends here.

So, if you think as Karma as how your actions today can impact your spiritual life, then yes Baha'is believe strongly in this.

But, if you think of Karma only as your actions effecting you if you're reincarnated here in this world, then no... Baha'u'llah explained that our spirit will not return to this world, although your actions can definitely effect you.

You can research the Baha'i Writings at http://reference.bahai.org/en/ or visit the website sponsored by the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States below.