Dharma-Burger! Log in and “send good karma”?
Yep..:
“How is your karma? Want good things to happen to you? And your friends? Send Good Karma to your friends and your karma will be returned to you.”
Or so says the copy for this Facebook mini-app/time-waster.
I understand that it’s borne of nice (or at least innocuous) intentions, but really: not only will this further pervert ideas of what karma actually is, it’s just something else to delete from one’s inbox.
And no, Sharon Stone doesn’t have a Facebook page. (Well, there are lots of Sharon Stones, but no legitimate one for the most (in)famous of them.)
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July 5th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
An article on this karma phenomenon!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/thedailyenlightenment-realisation/message/316
August 21st, 2008 at 8:40 pm
karma (like christmas) can handle more than one meaning.
the santa/reindeer/frosty side does not negate or diminish the jesus/bethlehem side.
it’s culture. what karma “actually is” should be treated with ease (in my opinion) and humility.
August 24th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
[...] there’s been plenty of those, and there probably always will be. (Here are some recent ones: 1, 2, 3.) In fact, it could even be argued (key word: argued) that it is karmically [...]
August 26th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
[...] “Hey Horse, “You may or may not already be a fan of the Buddha on Facebook, but perhaps your loyal readers didn’t realize that the 2500 year old former prince of northern India had a Facebook page. Here it is: http://www.new.facebook.com/pages/Siddhattha-Gotama-Buddha/18993037906?ref=nf “My favorite part about this is that he’s listed as a “Celebrity/Public figure. Enjoy!” — scott Thanks for sending it, Scott. …and for those who are new to Facebook, did you know it’s also some people’s favorite way to “send good karma“? [...]