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 
Chapter 6: Verses 98-111
The disadvantages of being attached to praise, and how those who harm us are actually…
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Chapter 6: Verses 66-86
Stopping anger through fortitude that is indifferent to harm, and contemplating the benefits of fortitude.
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Chapter 6: Verses 52-65
Having fortitude when others treat us with contempt and when others disrespect the Dharma or…
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Chapter 6: Verses 39-51
Stopping the causes of anger and how our suffering comes about from our negative karma.
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Venerable Thubten Tarpa The kindness of others and wanting to repay it
What bodhicitta is, and the seven-point cause and effect method of generating it.
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Equalizing self and others
Meditating on equalizing ourselves with others to develop the altruistic intention of becoming a Buddha…
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Aspiring for freedom: why worldly pleasures won̵...
Cultivating contentment and aspiring for liberation, short-term pleasure versus long-term happiness.
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Ethical conduct and emptiness
An explanation of right livelihood, dangers of bragging about our qualities, and the importance of…
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The importance of motivation
Why wrong views are stifling to our practice, the importance of maintaining our health to…
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Meaningful Dharma practice
What makes a bad companion, the importance of respecting Dharma objects, enduring hardships for the…
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