Hinduism Karma

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I’m a high school student taking a World Religions class!

I wonder does Hinduism teach that everything is predetermined by karma? If so, how does that belief affect people’s lives?
 
I wonder does Hinduism teach that everything is predetermined by karma? If so, how does that belief affect people’s lives?
Karmas of the previous lives (most Hindus believe that) do not make one act in any particular way. Karmas affect what happens after one has done the act, in this life and also in any future life. Reaction comes after the action. What factors that make one act in a particular way are the person's upbringing, his/her society and religion, education and experiences in life. We have a nice word for the sum of all these - 'Samsakara', basically what one has been taught.
Samskara (Indian philosophy) - Wikipedia, Karma - Wikipedia.
 
I’m a high school student taking a World Religions class!

I wonder does Hinduism teach that everything is predetermined by karma? If so, how does that belief affect people’s lives?
As they believe such, they remain inactive in efforts to change their ways, from bad habits to what's releasing. Reasoning for that kind of effortlessness are countless, but fall into the rubric of Tittha Sutta: Sectarians.

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...and there are also those who think to act on, given and dictated, by a higher instance :) one of the three causes of inaction.
 
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As they believe such, they remain inactive in efforts to change their ways, from bad habits to what's releasing. Reasoning for that kind of effortlessness are countless, but fall into the rubric of Tittha Sutta: Sectarians.

...and there are also those who think to act on, given and dictated, by a higher instance :) one of the three causes of inaction.
You are a Buddhist. I am a Hindu and a Buddhist. What you are saying is plain foolishness. Hinduism does not say that. It wants people always to be active.

"Karmani eva adhikārah te maā phaleshu kadaāchana;
mā karmaphala-hetuh bhūh mā te saṅgah tu akarmaṇi.
"

Your right extends only to act, and not to the results of your action;
Do not let greed (karma-phala) guide you, and never embrace inaction.
BhagawadGita, 2.47
 
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