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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Refuge, bodhicitta, the four noble truths
A presentation of the four noble truths from a Mahayana perspective, and a reminder of…
View PostThe Mind and Life VIII conference: Destructive emotions
A perennial human predicament: the nature and destructive potential of “negative” emotions.
View PostProstrations to the 35 Buddhas
How to do purification practice and how to visualize the 35 Buddhas.
View PostA nun in exile: From Tibet to India
A Tibetan-born nun emigrates out of Chinese-occupied territory to South India, where she is instrumental…
View PostColors of the Dharma
Representatives of a variety of monastic traditions discuss student-teacher relationships, practice, training, the Vinaya, monasteries…
View PostHow to benefit from Dharma talks
Pithy advice on how to bring forward what we learn from listening to Dharma teachings.
View PostSummary of the sramanera and sramanerika ordination ...
The ceremony of ordination in detail.
View PostMonastic ordination
Looking at ordination and the higher training in ethics as a path to liberation from…
View PostTaking problems onto the spiritual path
Transcript of a talk on using the Dharma to transform our problems into opportunities for…
View PostDiscrimination, intention and contact
The subtleties of mental factors and their relation to karma.
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