Collective karma is often illustrated in the Jataka Stories of the experience of the Arya Buddha, Sariputra and groups of followers, of their past lives and subsequent rebirths. If the Jataka, is taken to be part of the Tipitaka, then collective karma is also part of the Arya dharma teachings.
"Vaccha, when a being sets this body aside and is not yet reborn in another body, I designate it as craving-sustained, for craving is its sustenance at that time." - SN 44.9
Collective karma is often illustrated in the Jataka Stories of the experience of the Arya Buddha, Sariputra and groups of followers, of their past lives and subsequent rebirths.
If the Jataka, is taken to be part of the Tipitaka, then collective karma is also part of the Arya dharma teachings.
Thank you for all the research and teaching Bhante. SADHU
"Vaccha, when a being sets this body aside and is not yet reborn in another body, I designate it as craving-sustained, for craving is its sustenance at that time." - SN 44.9
I suspect this is a Judeo-Christian idea that has come through the new age movement and been misnomered as kamma.