Purifying Karma for advancement

["spirwond23" <kikato1@...>]

HI Rawn et all,
Ive been reading a lot lately about Buddhism. They teach that 
purification of our personal Karma is very important for spiritual 
advancement because this karma acts like a veil that clouds our 
minds and at the same time stops us from growing. They also give 
five main ways to purify this karma. most of them include praying to 
some specific Buddhas who are supposed to be very powerful. my 
questions are: what would be the Hermetic perspective of this 
(purify karma for spiritual growth)? does any of the exercises in 
IIH clears or transmutes karma?? if not, do you recomend any 
practice for this end?
Im not sure if im right about this but what I understand from 
buddhism is that the main goal is to reach illumination and scape 
samsara (the cicle of death and rebirth) and this is reached by 
meditation, practice of dharma (purify karma, againg) and follow a 
Guru. In your words what would be the goals of Hermetics? can you 
elaborate on this point? Im sorry if im being too ignorant in both 
subjets but i think it would be very beneficial for me to hear 
others oppinion. Oh and I hope i didnt offend in some way any of the 
Buddhist here. Im aware im being too general in my descriptions..
Peace and light,
Ricardo