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 Bringing an awareness of karma into our lives
The first of three talks given in Russia on verses from the poem, "The Wheel…
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Creating the causes for good results
Examining our behaviors and attitudes in pursuing happiness in order to abandon mistaken ways and…
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Identifying the real source of our difficulties
Seeing self-centeredness and self-grasping as the source of our problems and counteracting them to find…
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Understanding and transforming difficulties
When we find ourselves in difficult situations we can use the thought transformation teachings to…
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Transforming the mind through taking and giving
Practicing taking and giving challenges our usual ways of thinking and helps us develop a…
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“Good Karma”: Creating the causes for th...
Karma and its effects explains the link between actions and experiences. By changing our mental…
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Venerable Tenzin Tsepal Vajrasattva purification practice
The four opponent powers and purification of negative karma. Guided Vajrasattva practice.
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This precious human life
The third of three talks based on the book “Good Karma: How to Create the…
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Influencing and benefitting others
The second of three talks based on the book “Good Karma: How to Create the…
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Taking responsibility for our experiences
The first of three talks based on the book "Good Karma: How to Create the…
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Twenty-Verse Prayer from Nagarjuna’s “Precious...
Twenty verses that Nagarjuna encourages us to recite three times a day to accumulate the…
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Kenneth Mondal My karma beatdown
A karmic payback incident shows how to avoid suffering by avoiding those negative actions that…
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