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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Cultivating Healthy Relationships

Trouble with relationships

How to work with negative emotions in relationships and when working with other people, cultivating…

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Don't Believe Everything You Think

Facing blame

Recognizing attachment to reputation and examining the mind's reaction when it is threatened.

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Wheel of Sharp Weapons Retreat 2014

Cultivating positive habits

Learning how to change our habitual reactions and mental states and how to interact with…

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Wheel of Sharp Weapons Retreat 2014

Meditating on the results of karma

Advice on how to meditate on the verses followed by an examination of the results…

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Wheel of Sharp Weapons Retreat 2014

Cultivating clear communication

Examining our motivations for harsh or unkind speech, looking at ways to cultivate different habits…

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Pink sunset sky between the silhouettes of two trees.
Wheel of Sharp Weapons Retreat 2014

The three poisons

The role of self-grasping ignorance, anger, and attachment in our relationships with others.

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Pink sunset sky between the silhouettes of two trees.
Wheel of Sharp Weapons Retreat 2014

Changing habits through practice

Changing our habitual patterns through repeated practice, we can transform the most unpleasant circumstances into…

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Pink sunset sky between the silhouettes of two trees.
Wheel of Sharp Weapons Retreat 2014

Apologizing and forgiving

The meaning of forgiveness, how to let go of our anger and transform a painful…

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Wheel of Sharp Weapons Retreat 2014

Ignorance and karma

How to transform the mind of "I should" and accept our karma instead of getting…

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Review of Chapter 6: Part 2

Part 2 of a review of Chapter 6 of Aryadeva's "400 Stanzas on the Middle…

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