Karma

The Four Ways to Acquire Karma:

1. Negative Actions:
Against others (For example, homicide)
Against ourselves (For example, suicide)

2. Negative Words:
Against others (speaking badly about others)
Against ourselves (speaking badly about oneself)

3. Negative Thoughts:
Against others (wishing someone else will suffer)
Against ourselves (wishing we will suffer, as in an accident or with death)

4. Failing to act when we could. We acquire karma for the good deeds in word, action, or thought that we could perform, but do not.

Any action, thought or word is considered negative when it contradicts the Will of our own inner Being.

When you speak of others or yourself, always consider what your Being would say. If you do not know what your Being would say, then remain silent. This is the way of prudence.