karma
Teachings related to the law of karma and its effects, or how intentional actions of body, speech, and mind affect our circumstances and experiences. The law of karma and its effects explains how present experience is the product of past actions and how present actions affect future experience. Posts include teachings on the types and characteristics of karma and how to use an understanding of karma in daily life.
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Venerable Thubten Semkye Review of the 4 fearlessnesses and 10 powers
Reviewing the four fearlessnesses and ten powers.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Intoxicants and celibacy
Explaining the two precepts westerners have the most difficulty with—taking intoxicants and unwise or unkind…
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How karma is accumulated
Identifying karma that is accumulated and how you die and are reborn.
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The importance of ethical conduct
Outlining the various benefits of keeping precepts and describing the eight types of precepts for…
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The sufferings of the three upper realms
How suffering manifests in the upper realms of rebirth.
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The five appropriated aggregates are suffering
Examining suffering to develop disenchantment with samsara.
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Common guidelines and maintaining proper refuge
Explaining the common guidelines and maintaining proper refuge, teaching from Chapter 3.
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Rebirth, karma, and emptiness
An examination of "What is a person?" through the lens of continuity, rebirth, and karma.
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Distinguishing features of the Three Jewels
Describing the distinguishing features of the Three Jewels, causal and resultant refuge, from Chapter 2…
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How to purify bad actions by means of the four powers
Explanation of the four powers of purification.
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