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 Chodron Good Karma: Buddha nature
How the two types of buddha nature are the basis for change and awakening. The…
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Who’s responsible for my suffering?
How to create the causes for happiness by changing our perspective and actions.
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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 causes of happiness and suffering
How karma is like a boomerang, whatever actions we do return and have a similar…
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The root afflictions: Ignorance
Continuing teaching from Chapter 3, describing different meanings of ignorance and explaining deluded doubt.
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Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Receiving an initiation
What does it mean to receive a tantric initiation? Types of initiation and the qualities…
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Kinds of duhkha
Continuing the teachings from Chapter 2, explaining eight unsatisfactory conditions and describing characteristics of true…
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Types of duhkha
Continuing Chapter 2, covering the sections “Three Types of Duhkha”, “Feelings, Afflictions and Duhkha”, and…
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Realms of existence
Continuing Chapter 2, describing different realms where beings are reborn, causes for the rebirth and…
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Four attributes of true origins
Continuing Chapter 1, explaining four attributes of true duhkha and four attributes of true origins.
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The four truths
Continuing the teaching from Chapter 1, completing the section “Three Questions about the Self” and…
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