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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 Buddhism for Beginners.
Books

Karma: cause and effect

An excerpt from the book "Buddhism for Beginners" explaining how karma leaves imprints upon our…

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A man showing anger and frustration.
Healing Anger

Overcoming anger and frustration

An extensive talk on the causes and effects of anger, including antidotes to anger.

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Blue medicine Buddha with right hand outstretched on his knee and left hand holding an alms bowl with nectar.
Helping the Dying and Deceased

Medicine Buddha practice for the deceased

Medicine Buddha practice for the recently deceased differs slightly from the standard practice. Beautiful visualizations…

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Medicine Buddha in a painted representation of the universe.
Medicine Buddha Weeklong Retreat 2000

Introduction to Medicine Buddha practice

Our mind is related to our body and health in many ways. When we transform…

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Manjushri

Refuge, bodhicitta, the four noble truths

A presentation of the four noble truths from a Mahayana perspective, and a reminder of…

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Many emotional words - depressed, sorrow, hurting, upset, hurting, miserable, grieving, affliction etc. in black background.
Science and Buddhism

The Mind and Life VIII conference: Destructive emotions

A perennial human predicament: the nature and destructive potential of “negative” emotions.

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Thangka image of 35 Buddhas
Prostrations to the 35 Buddhas

Prostrations to the 35 Buddhas

How to do purification practice and how to visualize the 35 Buddhas.

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Blossoms of the Dharma

A nun in exile: From Tibet to India

A Tibetan-born nun emigrates out of Chinese-occupied territory to South India, where she is instrumental…

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Monastic robes hanging on a clothesline.
Western Buddhist Monastic Gatherings

Colors of the Dharma

Representatives of a variety of monastic traditions discuss student-teacher relationships, practice, training, the Vinaya, monasteries…

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Upekkha the cat sits on the teacher's table with his nose on the gooseneck microphone.
Dharma in Daily Life

How to benefit from Dharma talks

Pithy advice on how to bring forward what we learn from listening to Dharma teachings.

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Cover of the book Preparing for Ordination.
Preparing for Ordination

Summary of the sramanera and sramanerika ordination ...

The ceremony of ordination in detail.

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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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