That's Karma, Man! — book cover, by Hugo Salles

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That's Karma, Man!

Stop freaking out, accept the obvious, and learn to plant better what you want to harvest.

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About the book

Karma is not an entity with a little notebook recording your sins. It is cause and effect — and cause and effect can be managed.

Few Buddhist words have been treated as badly as this one. It became an internet joke, a veiled threat, a consolation for anyone waiting for the universe to send someone else the bill. None of those uses has anything to do with what the tradition actually describes.

That's Karma, Man! is the most direct and unceremonious book in the catalogue. Karma here is not destiny or cosmic punishment — it is consequence. And consequence has an enormous advantage over destiny: it can be managed. What you plant today largely defines the field of choices available tomorrow.

The book first dismantles the folklore — revenge-karma, merit-karma, karma as an excuse not to act — and then builds a usable reading: how to spot the patterns you keep feeding, how to interrupt a cycle before it closes again, how to choose actions by the result they produce rather than the intention you swear you had.

It applies the same logic of cause and effect as the other volumes in the series, head-on and with irreverence, without losing substance.

Book details

Format

Kindle eBook (readable on any phone, tablet, or Kindle device)

Availability

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Author

Hugo Salles

Publisher

Awakened Mind

Who this book is for

  • Readers who use the word karma without being sure what it means
  • Anyone repeating the same pattern and unable to trace where it starts
  • Readers waiting for the universe to fix what only action fixes
  • Anyone who wants something direct and funny
  • Readers who prefer cause and effect to metaphysics

What you will find inside

  • What karma is not: destiny, punishment, merit and other confusions
  • How to identify the patterns you keep feeding
  • Intention, action and result — what actually counts
  • How to interrupt a cycle before it closes again
  • Why other people's karma is not your problem

What readers wrote on Amazon

★★★★★United States
The author explains how karma actually comes from the seeds we have planted. He also explains how to take karma by the horns and change it in a positive direction.

Kristi Elizabeth · Sep 13, 2026
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★★★★★United States
This book gave me a new way to look at karma.

Anna Wade · Sep 17, 2026
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★★★★★United States
It was written in a down to earth way and I appreciated the matter of fact way that the author wrote.

Amazon Customer · Sep 20, 2026
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Frequently asked questions

Is karma punishment for things I did wrong?

No. In the traditional description, karma is action and consequence, not a moral judgment collected by someone. The book spends its opening chapters undoing precisely that confusion.

Is it a religious book?

No. It is a practical reading of a Buddhist concept, written in ordinary language and requiring no adherence to any belief.

Is it part of The Technologies of the Awakened Mind?

It is a standalone work that converses with the series but can be read on its own.

Is it on Kindle Unlimited?

Yes, and also available for individual purchase on Amazon US and Amazon Brazil.

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About the author

Hugo Salles is a writer, lawyer, and executive. His books on Buddhist philosophy for everyday life, published in English and Portuguese, sold more than a thousand copies in their first two months, have reached readers in 13 countries, and hold a 4.7-star average on Amazon.

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