The result of a prior action and the manifestation of its effects, according to the law of karma.

The manifest result of a former action.

The resultant maturation of karmic actions and the manifestation of their effects. See also UT22084-068-021-614.

The result or maturation of karmic actions and the manifestation of their effects. 

Karmic ripening refers to the maturation of actions and the manifestation of their effects. 

In the theory of karma (action) and its effects, ripening refers to the manifestation of the effects of a past action, often in a time and a place far removed from the action itself.

The complex process of the ripening or maturation of karma, i.e., the development of the karmic result (Tib. las kyi ’bras bu) of karmically relevant actions committed with body, speech, and mind, by virtue of the power of the action as cause and supporting conditions.

Literally, the “ripening.”