Do You Believe in Karma?

A study finds most people believe in karma...

A study finds most people believe in karma…particularly in good karma for themselves, and bad karma for others.

In the study, researchers asked more than two-thousand people from the U.S., Singapore and India from various religious and nonreligious backgrounds to write about their experiences with karma. That’s the belief that good deeds are rewarded, and bad actions are punished. A common through-line of their responses emerged. In their stories about others, 92 percent chronicled how misfortune befell cheating partners, indebted friends, bullies and lousy coworkers. When the participants wrote about themselves, 59 percent told tales of being rewarded for their good deeds.