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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Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland

Letting go of identities

Exploring how meditation on emptiness and bodhicitta provides a way to let go of our…

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Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland

Ultimate and conventional truths

Exploring ultimate and conventional truths and teaching on how to avoid the two extremes of…

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Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland

Creating the causes for happiness

Teaching on creating the causes for happiness, disadvantages of self-centered thought, and dependent arising.

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Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland

The importance of ethical conduct

Emphasizing the importance of ethical conduct to secure a precious human rebirth, and explaining the…

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Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

Prayers, rituals, and practice

Discussing how to relate to prayer and ritual in Buddhist practice, and the three-step method…

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Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

Two aims and four reliances

Continuing Chapter 8 “A Systematic Approach,” covering the sections “Value of the Stages of the…

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Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

Paths for spiritual development

Beginning Chapter 8 “A Systematic Approach” and covering the section “Paths for Spiritual Development” explaining…

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Library of Wisdom and Compassion

The ripening of karma

The workings of karma including what karma ripens first, definite and indefinite karma, when karma…

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Library of Wisdom and Compassion

The three results of karma

Thinking about the long-term results of our actions helps us pause and think before we…

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Library of Wisdom and Compassion

Factors that determine the weight of karma

The factors that determine the weight of karmic imprints and the experiences they bring, both…

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Cover of Open Heart Clear Mind Study Guide
Books

Open Heart, Clear Mind study guide

Study guide to the book Open Heart, Clear Mind, a foundational and profound introduction to…

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