WHAT IS kamma? Buddha said: “Oh monks, it is
volition that I call kamma.”
The popular meaning of kamma is action or doing,
but as a technical term, kamma means volition or will.
When you do something, there is volition behind it,
and that volition, that mental effort, is called kamma.
Buddha explained that, having willed, one then acts
through body, speech, and mind. Whatever you do,
there is some kind of kamma, mental effort, will, and
volition. Volition is one of the fifty-two mental states
which arise together with consciousness.
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