Good Karma: Q&A on karma
Good Karma 19
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Good Karma Annual Retreat 
May 26, 2024 Part of a series of talks given during the annual Memorial Day weekend retreat based on the book Good Karma: How to Create the Causes of Happiness and Avoid the Causes of Suffering, a commentary on "The Wheel of Sharp Weapons" by Indian sage Dharmarakshita.
- Q&A
- Widening our perspective and questioning assumptions
- Appreciating our virtuous actions
- How karma ripens
- Transforming neutral karma into something virtuous
- Multiple causes and conditions bring about a situation
- Commentary on verse 24
- How to deal with difficulties in relationships
- Taking responsibility for our part of the action
- Abandoning pretension and deceit
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.
