Wheel of Sharp Weapons
Commentaries on The Wheel of Sharp Weapons by Dharmaraksita, a poem on the karmic effects of our past actions.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Good Karma: Dealing with betrayal of trust
How to work with attachment and respond to harm from others with compassion.
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Good Karma: We are not inherently selfish
Purifying the harm we have done to others directly and to ourselves indirectly.
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Good Karma: Embracing hardship for others’ sake
Transforming hardship into the path to awakening.
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Good Karma: Solving problems at their root
How we can get the specific results that we want by creating the right causes.
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Good Karma: A bodhisattva’s courage
The heroism of bodhisattvas and how to gradually train the mind to look at the…
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Good Karma: Buddha nature
How the two types of buddha nature are the basis for change and awakening. The…
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Good Karma: Karma and its effects
The meaning of karma, its four principles, three branches, and three kinds of results. How…
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Good Karma: The eight worldly concerns
How subduing the eight worldly concerns is the first step in living a spiritual or…
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Good Karma: The causes of happiness and suffering
How karma is like a boomerang, whatever actions we do return and have a similar…
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“Good Karma”: The ethical dimension of o...
When we understand karma we understand the importance of setting our motivation and making thoughtful…
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“Good Karma”: Creating the causes for ou...
How to use the teachings on karma and thought transformation to look at the causes…
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Using the principles of karma to our advantage
The third of three talks given at a retreat based on the book, "Good Karma:…
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