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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Chapter 5: Verses 107-114
A teaching on how to achieve long-lasting happiness followed by a commentary on how bodhisattvas…
View PostChapter 5: Verses 103–106
Teachings on skillful means applied by the Buddha to benefit sentient beings and the great…
View PostMaking a real difference
Because we're in the realm of samsara, we can't escape suffering. Only one thing will…
View PostQualities of the monastic mind
The qualities of the monastic mind and qualifications required to become a monastic.
View PostVerse 49: The parrot
Looking at how our reckless speech only comes back to trap us in trouble. We…
View PostOh Tara, protect us
Tara the liberator shows us how to free ourselves from the eight dangers: ignorance, anger,…
View PostSquashing our ego
If we have confidence in our good qualities, it will not matter what others say…
View PostVerse 43: Bearing small ordeals
Illuminating the importance of learning to bear small ordeals in preparation for aging, sickness and…
View PostVerse 39: The poorest of all beings
The different ways we practice miserliness only create impoverishment in our hearts.
View PostVerse 35: The biggest loser
By not following the law of karma we will only lose out by creating suffering…
View PostSixteen attributes of the four noble truths
How each one of us has the potential to change how we think, hence situations…
View PostA precious opportunity
How to meditate on the eight freedoms and 10 fortunes of a precious human rebirth…
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