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 the book Preparing for Ordination.
Preparing for Ordination

Monastic ordination

Looking at ordination and the higher training in ethics as a path to liberation from…

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Venerable Chodron giving a talk in front of the large Buddha statue at Phor Kark See Monastery in Singapore.
Thought Training

Taking problems onto the spiritual path

Transcript of a talk on using the Dharma to transform our problems into opportunities for…

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Buddha in bright radiating light.
LR14 Bodhisattva Deeds

The four aspects of joyous effort

Examining the first two of the four aspects of joyous effort: Aspiration and steadfastness.

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Buddha in bright radiating light.
LR14 Bodhisattva Deeds

Far-reaching joyous effort

Investigating far-reaching joyous effort by looking at the three types of joyous effort, its obstacles,…

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Buddha in bright radiating light.
LR14 Bodhisattva Deeds

Disadvantages of anger

A look at the far-reaching attitude of patience by exploring the disadvantages of anger and…

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Buddha in bright radiating light.
LR14 Bodhisattva Deeds

Ethics and the other perfections

How the far-reaching attitude of ethics is practiced in each of the other far-reaching attitudes.

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Statue of a sitting Buddha.
LR12 Cultivating Bodhicitta

Disadvantages of self-centeredness

As we begin to work through our resistance to the practice of equalizing the self…

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Painting of the Buddha's first discourse.
LR09 The Four Truths for the Aryas

Freeing ourselves from samsara

The advantages of observing the higher training in ethical conduct, advice for keeping our ethics…

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