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 How to deal with sickness
Until liberation from rebirth, illness is unavoidable. In the meantime, we can use the Dharma…
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Path of purification: Daily practice
Investigating the benefits of daily spiritual practice, taking refuge and precepts, as well as an…
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Path of purification: Vajrasattva practice
Introduction to the Vajrasattva practice including how to visualize and the meaning of the mantra,…
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Making life meaningful
What is the true meaning of our precious human rebirth? Remembering karma and creating the…
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Chapter 1: Verses 7-36
Encouragement to really make the generation of bodhicitta the foremost thing in our life, leading…
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Chapter 1: Verses 2-6
The author's intention in composing the text and learning from his humility. The conditions to…
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Chapter 1: Introduction
Setting the context, motivation and attitude to learn the text. Explaining the Buddhist concept of…
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Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche The root of all happiness
In his preface to "Cultivating a Compassionate Heart," Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains why practicing compassion…
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Feeling bad helps our practice
Recognizing that when we feel good, it becomes harder to practice, and having compassion without…
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Dealing with the craving for excitement
Working with the mind that always looks forward to something new and exciting, and looking…
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Ignorance, anger, purification
Retreat discussion on topics such as the four distortions, how anger destroys merit, using pain…
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37 Practices: Verses 1-3
Making the lamrim personal, changing environments to change negative habits, and relaxing as we see…
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