About Karma, a Story:
Once Lord Vishnu came to visit Lord Shiva at Kailasa, he left Garuda (His carrier, the half-man half-bird) at the entrance. Garuda's eyes fell on an arch, it had a beautiful small bird sitting there at the entrance of Lord Shiva's place. He wondered... Such a beautiful creation he thought, the one who made these majestic mountains, rivers and trees also made this small little wonderful creation. At the same time Yama (God of death) also entered the abode, noticed the bird... He stopped there and looked at it intensely a while