The idea of karma had existed throughout ancient India before the arrival of Buddha. However, no one explained this doctrine in a completed form except Buddha.
According to Buddhists, the law of karma is the natural law. There is no divine intervention (God) that steers our destiny. It is only our past and present karma that determines our present and future situations.
An example is that unwholesome actions will lead to unwholesome results in this lifetime or the future. Similarly, wholesome actions will lead to wholesome results. The doctrine of karma states that similar actions will lead to similar results.
karma is not fate or predestination. Karma means action, means "to do". Immediately we have an indication that the real meaning of karma is not fate because karma is action. It is dynamic. But it is more than simply action because it is intentional, conscious, deliberate, wilful action.
The great physicist Newton who formulated the law which states that every action must have an equal and opposite reaction.
The doctrine of karma clarifies the cause of inequality of humankind.
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