Reap Only What You Sow In Hinduism, there is no concept of original sin. Instead, there is the karma, the idea that actions have consequences. The idea that actions have consequences is not unfamiliar to anyone, but karma is more than the basic sense of cause and effect. Karma is the idea that actions have consequences that can affect a person throughout multiple lives. It is these consequences that determine how, when and where a person is reborn into their next life. A person, thus, gets exactly what they have earned. Someone who has lived a good life will be reborn into a good situation. They might be reborn as a member of a higher caste. They might have more money or a safer home. If they lived a good enough past life, they might have an easier life with fewer hardships when they are reborn. On the other hand, a person who lived a life of greed and cruelty will be reborn as someone who is ill, crippled or, perhaps, not even human at all. In Hinduism, there is no belief that h...