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 Chonyi Windows of opportunity
Learning the Dharma helps set a clear motivation, helping us to see when windows of…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Anger and selflessness
Examining our speech and the way our mind proliferates. How we grasp at true existence.
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The Buddha’s awakening
Continuing the story of the Buddha's life and his awakening, and how we can become…
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The Buddha’s homeless life
A continuing examination of the Buddha's life, his period of austere practices, and a discussion…
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The householder’s life
Examining the householder's life and the holy life, considering the reactions of family and friends…
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Integration of sutra and tantra in Tibetan Buddhism
How Buddhist teachings help to increase constructive states and decrease destructive states of mind.
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Miscarriages and karma
Sometimes a baby is stillborn. The grief of the parents often is very deep. An…
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Antidotes to the afflictions
As children we were totally dependent on the kindness of others. Seeing that, we become…
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Discussion on relationships
A look at how emotions arise from within ourselves. We are not responsible for others’…
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Letter to someone whose son committed suicide
Advice to a student working with difficult emotions after his son with schizophrenia committed suicide.
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The eight Mahayana precepts ceremony
There are many benefits to taking the eight Mahayana precepts, particularly on full and new…
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Zopa Herron Advice for upcoming surgery
A student shares on the practices that helped her to face breast cancer and undergo…
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