Buddhist Ethics

• Kamma: Literally 'action'. Deliberate actions that affect the believer's circumstances in this and future lives; cause and effect.
• Karma: The belief that actions in this life, whether good or bad, will decide your place in the next life.
• Skilful 


  Good, ethical actions or behaviour.
• Unskilful 


  Bad, unethical actions of behaviour.
• The Six Realms of Rebirth: The gods, the angry gods, animals, tormented beings, hungry ghosts and humans.
• Human Realm 


  The best realm for reaching enlightenment.
• Karuna 


  Compassion.
• Metta: Loving Kindness. The desire for others to be happy.
• Bodhisattva: Mahayana Buddhists believe compassion is an essential quality to achieving Bodhisattva (delaying Nirbanna to help others).