Why things happen the way they do
Teachings on karma: Part 1 of 2
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Karma and Your Life 
Apr 13, 2005 Teachings given at the Emaho Center in Scottsdale, Arizona from April 13-14, 2005.
Why we study karma
- Dissatisfaction with life
- Looking back at the time of death
- Setting our motivations
- How karma leaves traces on the mind-stream
Karma
Unpacking our actions of body, speech, and mind
- Ten destructive and ten constructive actions
- The value of taking precepts
- The five lay precepts
- Factors that make karma heavy or light
Questions and answers
- How forgiveness affects karma
- Guilt and forgiving oneself
- Dharma motivations
- Young children and karma
- Karma created by practitioners of other faiths
View Part 2 of this series: Realizing our potential
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.
