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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Cover of book Open Heart, Clearn Mind.
Open Heart, Clear Mind

The four opponent powers for purification

The importance of purifying negative karma and how to use the four opponent powers in…

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Shantideva Teachings in Singapore

Chapter 3: Verses 10-20

How to look at our experiences of hurt or betrayal from a Dharma point of…

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Shantideva Teachings in Singapore

Chapter 3: Verses 4-10

How the self-centered attitude obstructs our happiness. How and why we request teachings and how…

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Shantideva Teachings in Singapore

Chapter 3: Verses 1-3

Developing love and compassion in a reasonable way. The importance of purification and creating of…

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Meditation

Enlightening the path in our hearts

Are you dealing with hard situations in life or having difficulties with others? Daily meditation…

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Medicine Buddha thangka surrounded by light and flower offerings.
Medicine Buddha Winter Retreat 2007-08

Clarifying the practice

Learning to work with anxiety. Questions from retreatants on visualization in the sadhana and about…

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Medicine Buddha thangka surrounded by light and flower offerings.
Medicine Buddha Winter Retreat 2007-08

Working through cause and effect

Defining physical and mental causes with examples. Tools to work with negative states of mind.

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Medicine Buddha thangka surrounded by light and flower offerings.
Medicine Buddha Winter Retreat 2007-08

Mid-retreat discussion

Addressing questions on different aspects of the meditation: the body, emptiness, visualization and deity meditation.

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A meditator sitting in lotus posture.
On Taking Illness Onto the Path

An incentive to engage in virtue

A sudden illness gives a student greater incentive and renewed urgency to practice the Dharma.

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Essence of Refined Gold

Taking joy in our Dharma practice

Having an appreciation for joyous effort and showing interest in overcoming laziness.

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On Overcoming Anger

My tiger

Old tiger, new face. It is the mind, not the environment, that makes the difference.

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The word Dharma on a boardwalk.
Essence of Refined Gold

Fortitude of practicing the Dharma

Going through physical and mental hardships during our Dharma practice by cultivating patience.

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