“Good Karma”: Creating the causes for our future experiences
A talk based on the book Good Karma: How to Create the Causes of Happiness and Avoid the Causes of Suffering given at Tibetan Center Hamburg in Hamburg, Germany. In English with German translation.
- The story behind writing the book
- Verse 9: The cause of physical illness
- Practicing taking and giving when we experience illness and suffering
- Changing deeply habituated emotions and actions
- Verse 10: The cause of mental suffering
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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.