Buddhism
by 1ri5ka
Buddhism adds a karma system to Minecraft Forge 1.20.1, where actions such as harming passive creatures or protecting life shift a player's karma up or down.
What it does
Harming innocent passive creatures, destroying things without need and committing violent acts accumulate negative karma. Low karma brings spiritual consequences that the player has to deal with in the game. Positive karma builds up through protecting life, replanting what has been harvested and living in harmony with nature.
The mod is built around a set of spiritual rules that change how the standard gameplay loop works, with two major complications layered on top of ordinary survival. Meditation Cushion is craftable from 8 wool blocks of a single color surrounding edges and a stick and bamboo placed in the center, and the author describes it as part of the path to enlightenment. The mod requires Forge and runs on client and server, and is published under the MIT License, which is not open source.
Key features
Karma tracking
Each player has a karma value that rises and falls with the choices made during play.
Negative karma penalties
Hunting passive animals, cutting down trees without purpose and fighting for no reason lower the karma value.
Positive karma rewards
Replanting crops and protecting living creatures raise karma, and a higher value shifts the outcomes a player meets.
Meditation Cushion
A craftable block from wool, a stick and bamboo that the player can use as part of the spiritual practice.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Questions
Does Buddhism need to be installed on both sides?
Which loader and game version does Buddhism support?
Does Buddhism change ordinary gameplay?
In the catalog
Buddhism is one of 29,952 Game mechanics mods on ModsFinder, and one of 13,316 Game mechanics mods for Forge. 34,764 mods support Minecraft 1.20.1.
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What the author says
Have you ever thought that Minecraft was a bit too... violent? All that endless slaughter of cows for leather, chopping down innocent trees, and slaying monsters just to reach the End. This mod completely changes how you play by introducing the core philosophies of Buddhism into Minecraft. It forces you to rethink…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/bydizm
- Owner
- 1ri5ka
- Published
- 2026-06-09
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-06-09
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15
