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About the delete nom, the page has only just been made so I'd give a user an opportunity first on the topic area. However, though I'm not clued up on all our analysis pages, I think we have pages under other names that cover themes of karma - e.g. redemption, crimes, fate, etc etc. --Nickb123 (Talk) 10:58, 30 July 2007 (PDT)

  • I'm fine with this article, the only problem is it says "Karma" and then lists different categories. --Mr. Crabby (Talk) 11:49, 30 July 2007 (PDT)
Update: I removed the delete nom since the article has been significantly edited --Mr. Crabby (Talk) 13:14, 30 July 2007 (PDT)
  • Unsure - I'm still unsure if the current content is actually illustrative of a recurring theme in Lost. It probably could be expanded to do that, but right now it is borderline. The definition at the top has nothing to do with Lost, and the Lost section has only two items so far, hardly a recurring theme. It certainly needs expansion to clearly illustrate how this is a recurring theme on Lost, in a different way than the other existing recurring theme articles LP already has (e.g. salvation, redemption, fate). -- C¯ _Santa_ ¯T 13:18, 30 July 2007 (PDT)
  • Neutral - I'm unsure too, but it seems the article is still underconstruction, so I'll wait til it's done before making up my mind. --Mr. Crabby (Talk) 13:21, 30 July 2007 (PDT)

The apparent misspelling of Dharma Initiative for Karma Imperative in DJ Dan's podcast is very interesting to me... I say because, well, i haven't been able to find any reference for that, but i was really sure that Karma is in a way something like the opposite of Dharma. I guess this is pretty much Blavatsky's Theosophy stuff, maybe "original" Hindi traditions do not hold it as such. But the concept i had was something like, both Dharma and Karma are two "looks" at the same "Tao": the overall law that rules all existence, if you see it from the point of view of doing "wrong" and being punished, and therefore returning to the path just to return to your misdeeds and again and again, you see the sacred Law as a bad thing, as your yoke, you see Karma. Then again, if you learn to attune to the Law and follow the path, the same Law reinforces your belief and your inner strength, and you see Dharma. But both things are expressions of the same Law. That fit's very well with, like, Hanso vs. Widmore, which would be Dharma vs. Others... Then again, it might be an misinterpretation from my very incomplete studies on Oriental Culture... MarcioRPS 16:39, 30 May 2008