The concept of karma is a key belief in which tradition?

• A. Hinduism
• B. Confucianism
• C. Buddhism
• D. Daoism

Answer: (A)

Karma is the idea that a person’s actions have moral consequences that shape future experiences, often across rebirths. In Hinduism, this law of cause and effect is woven into how life, ethics, and spirituality work: good actions aligned with one’s dharma lead to favorable rebirths and, ultimately, to moksha (liberation) from the cycle of birth and death. Because karma is so central to how Hinduism explains the order of the universe and the path to spiritual release, this tradition is the best fit among the options. Confucianism centers on social duties and harmony in this life, Daoism on living in accordance with the Dao, and Buddhism does incorporate karma, but Hinduism is the tradition most closely and consistently associated with karma as a defining framework.