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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The 9-point meditation on death
Two guided meditations on death with questions and answers.
View PostUnderstanding ignorance
Explaining how afflictions are rooted in ignorance and how we can eradicate ignorance, continuing the…
View PostBuddhahood depends on sentient beings
Reviewing Chapter 12, "The Mind and Its Potential", describing how Buddhas depends on sentient beings…
View PostFive characteristics of dependent arising
Teaching on the five characteristics of dependently arisen composite phenomena.
View PostWe create the causes for joy and sorrow
Teaching on how we are responsible for creating the causes for joy and sorrow by…
View PostHow to seek reality by means of dependent arising
The Buddha’s motivation for teaching dependent origination, the two kinds of ignorance, and the instinctual…
View PostWrong views of emptiness
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe outlines and refutes various misinterpretations of the Buddha’s teaching on emptiness.
View PostThe importance of understanding dependent arising
Teaching on the importance of dependent origination and its relationship to emptiness.
View PostPerfection of generosity: Giving fearlessly
Supporting ethical and virtuous conduct with conventional analysis, and generosity of even most precious possessions…
View PostPerfection of generosity: Do we really own anything?
Investigating the mental attitude of ownership of objects and generosity
View PostPerfection of generosity: Learning to connect with e...
Recognizing similarities across humanity and creating an economy of generosity.
View PostKarma in samsara and beyond
Completing teaching from Chapter 10, explaining the last two transcendental factors and covering the types…
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