We can change or clean bad Karma. It is assumed that all beings simply desire happiness and would want to cleanse bad karma into neutral or good karma instead of vice versa.
We will use the example of Karma as a seed, which eventually comes to fruition. Depending on the seed sometimes sooner rather than later, or in some circumstances could take a long while. After the seed has been planted it needs other factors to grow; water, sunlight etc. You can think of karma in a sense; like unset Jell-O or energy soup. Good deeds, actions or intents, sometimes can influence or cleanse negative or bad Karma or possibly influence an event or outcome to become less severe, because of the positive intents or actions, which you have engaged. Actions are not necessary, sending positive energy or mediating for the benefit of all sentient beings will produce positive intent and bring good karma, which will ripen sometime in the future.
Or bad karma can be created in which a karmic debt is owed and can be closed off or cleansed immediately. A simple example in everyday living is you walk into a coffee shop with the love of your life and order 2 coffee's, you are enjoying yourselves so much, the cashier gets caught up in the energy and gives you the incorrect change. You receive extra money, as soon as you become aware of the extra money, a karmic debt has been created; now many people in our society would smile and put the free money in their pockets... this action or Karma will come back or eventually come to fruition. However, if when you realize or shortly thereafter, you simply make your way back to the cashier and explain the mistake, the Karma is cleansed and closed off, the karmic debt has been paid in full. Who knows they may even let you keep the money and give you a gift certificate! Now that's good karma!!
In Buddhist Philosophy, negative karma can be cleansed by way of meditation, repeating mantras or various ceremonies. Washing away negative karma which has been accumulating for many years or perhaps many lifetimes as well, dedicating the merit of good deeds, meditations, intentions, to the benefit of all sentient beings, creates good Karma or possibly a cleansing effect of some undesirable actions or intents.
So basically, yes bad or negative Karma can be changed or cleansed.
Can the 'Law of Karma", be avoided altogether? In Buddhism the only way to not be subject to the undeniable law of Karma is to attain enlightenment or in other words to be fully awake. Because Karma is "action", we look toward the future for the seed to germinate the plant. However, the case with an enlightened being, they do not plan for the future because they have no desire to provide security for themselves. They are fully in the now, fully in the moment; therefore, they are free from sowing further seeds of karma. Not only are they living in the present or the now, they are also fully awake in the now. When the future comes they do not see it as a result of their good deeds in the past; they see it as present all the time. And in turn do not create any further Karmic chain reactions.
Listen to Buddhist chantings it helps too,
http://www.buddhanet.net/audio-chant.htm
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