karma
Teachings related to the law of karma and its effects, or how intentional actions of body, speech, and mind affect our circumstances and experiences. The law of karma and its effects explains how present experience is the product of past actions and how present actions affect future experience. Posts include teachings on the types and characteristics of karma and how to use an understanding of karma in daily life.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Questions about initiation and meditation
Rejoicing in receiving the Vajrasattva initiation from Lama Zopa. Clarifying various aspects of the meditation…
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Initial experiences of retreatants
Working through different states of mind and restless energy, changing the way we move in…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verse 104-Conclusion
How things exist dependent on causes and conditions, they appear one way and exist in…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 93-98
Taking on suffering of others without fear and having no doubt that self-cherishing is the…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 50-62
Disadvantages and effects of self-grasping ignorance, self-cherishing and having insincere motivations when we act.
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 43-49
Cultivate contentment instead of greed, dampen our pride, subdue our self-centeredness. No external thing can…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 35-42
Continuing to look at actions and their results, how to keep the mind focused on…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 24-34
A further look at various experiences in our lives and the previous actions that brought…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 15-23
Looking at various karmic results and the actions and attitudes that caused them.
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Introduction and Verses 1-14
Practical teachings on how to transform difficulties into the path and the importance of strengthening…
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama Practical peace and contentment
His Holiness the Dalai Lama's foreword to 'Taming the Mind,' a "practical application of the…
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