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Karma and your life: Questions and answers, part 1

Karma and your life: Questions and answers, part 1

Part of a series of teachings given during the Karma and Your Life retreat given at the Poh Ming Tse Temple in Singapore. The retreat was organized by the the Buddhist Fellowship.

  • How can we respond when we are the objects of others’ negative actions?
  • How should you react to those who hurt your feelings in the past?
  • Is karma a self?
  • If a parent berates a child to better them is that a virtuous act?
  • Is being born into poverty or gender inequality a result of karma?
  • What can I do to prevent my negative actions when someone makes me angry?
  • What is collective karma and individual karma?
  • During rebirth how does the stream of consciousness select the next birth parents?

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Venerable Thubten Chodron

Venerable Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio.

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