Karma a term used by the Buddhists to denote action, both meritorious and otherwise. When a human being dies, his Karma is transferred to some other being, regulating all the circumstances of his existence. Karma- visaya, one of the four things which, according to Buddhists, cannot be understood by one who is not of their number. Karma-visaya denotes how it is that effects are produced by the instrumentality of Karma (q.v.) The other three things which only a Buddhist can understand are,
(1) Irdhi-visaya, how it was that Buddha could go, in the snapping of a finger, from the world of men to the Brahma-lokas;
(2) Lokavisaya, the size of the universe, or how it was first brought into existence;
(3) Buddha-visaya, the power and wisdom of Buddha
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More