d ha , ▁" There ▁is ▁free ▁action , ▁there ▁is ▁ret ribution , ▁but ▁I ▁see ▁no ▁agent ▁that ▁passes ▁out ▁from ▁one ▁set ▁of ▁moment ary ▁elements ▁into ▁another ▁one , ▁except ▁the ▁[ connection ] ▁of ▁those ▁elements ." ▁Buddh ists ▁believe ▁in ▁neither ▁absolute ▁free ▁will , ▁nor ▁determin ism . ▁It ▁pre aches ▁a ▁middle ▁doctrine , ▁named ▁pr at ity a - sam ut p ada ▁in ▁S ansk rit , ▁often ▁translated ▁as ▁" inter - dependent ▁ar ising ". ▁This ▁theory ▁is ▁also ▁called ▁" Condition ed ▁Gen esis " ▁or ▁" Dep endent ▁Orig ination ". ▁It ▁teach es ▁that ▁every ▁vol ition ▁is ▁a ▁condition ed ▁action ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁ignor ance . ▁In ▁part , ▁it ▁states ▁that ▁free ▁will ▁is ▁inher ently ▁condition ed ▁and ▁not ▁" free " ▁to ▁begin ▁with . ▁It ▁is ▁also ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁theory ▁of ▁kar ma ▁in ▁Buddh ism . ▁The ▁concept ▁of ▁kar ma ▁in ▁Buddh ism ▁is ▁different ▁from ▁the ▁notion ▁of ▁kar ma ▁in ▁H indu ism . ▁In ▁Buddh ism , ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁kar ma ▁is ▁much ▁less ▁determin istic . ▁The ▁Buddh ist ▁notion ▁of ▁kar ma ▁is ▁primarily ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁cause ▁and ▁effect ▁of ▁moral ▁actions ▁in ▁this ▁life , ▁while ▁in ▁H indu ism ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁kar ma ▁is ▁more ▁often ▁connected ▁with ▁determ ining ▁one ' s ▁dest iny ▁in ▁future ▁lives . ▁ ▁In ▁Buddh ism ▁it ▁is ▁taught ▁that ▁the