Purifying heavy karma

Purifying heavy karma

Part of a series of teachings from the 2010-2011 Vajrasattva Retreat at Vajrapani Institute in Boulder Creek, California, from December 28, 2010, to January 1, 2011.

  • How to confess negativities committed in relation to special objects
  • The importance of purifying negative karma to avoid rebirth in the lower realms
  • How the karma we commit in relation to people or things remains long after those people or things have gone

09 Vajrasattva purification (download)

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.