The four characteristics of karma and purification
Part of a series of teachings based on the book Good Karma: How to Create the Causes of Happiness and Avoid the Causes of Suffering given at a retreat from December 10 to 11, 2016 in Sarawak, Malaysia. The retreat was organized by Kuching Dhamma Vijaya Buddhist Centre.
- The four characteristics of karma continued
- Karma is expandable
- If you don’t create the cause you don’t experience the result
- Karma is not lost
- Purification of karma with the four opponent powers
- Dedication of merit
The four characteristics of karma and the four opponent powers (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.