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 Applying karma to our lives
Continuing teaching from Chapter 7, applying karma to the recent trial and describing the Rice…
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Debating with anger
Beginning with a review of Verses 42-50, and then leading us in a debate between…
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Dependent arising
Completing Chapter 6, covering karma and instinctual behavior and commencing Chapter 7, describing the wheel…
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Who’s responsible for our suffering
Covering Verses 42-50 of Chapter 6, exploring various perspectives on who is "responsible" for our…
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Karma and our environment
Continuing teaching from Chapter 6, covering the interaction between the mind and external world and…
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It’s unreasonable to be angry
Giving commentary to Verses 38-42, discussing various reasons for why it's unreasonable to be angry…
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Healing anger with Tara
The second of two online talks given to the Rainbow Body Sangha in India on…
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Mind and the external world
Continuing teaching from Chapter 6, covering the evolution of the universe and the relationship between…
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Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe Refuting the theist-ritualists and Jainas
Completion of commentary on the refutation of theist-ritualist soteriology and beginning the commentary on refuting…
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Virtue, nonvirtue, merit, and roots of nonvirtue
Completing Chapter 5, covering five types of virtues and five types of nonvirtues and starting…
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Refuting a primal substance and independent self
Covering Verses 26-32 of Chapter 6, presenting Buddhist refutations of a primal substance and the…
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Having-ceased
Continuing teaching from Chapter 5, explaining having-ceased and karmic seed and comparing the notions of…
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