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 Discrimination, intention and contact
The subtleties of mental factors and their relation to karma.
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The Buddhist view of our thoughts and consciousness.
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The four aspects of joyous effort
Examining the first two of the four aspects of joyous effort: Aspiration and steadfastness.
View Post Far-reaching joyous effort
Investigating far-reaching joyous effort by looking at the three types of joyous effort, its obstacles,…
View Post Disadvantages of anger
A look at the far-reaching attitude of patience by exploring the disadvantages of anger and…
View Post 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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Disadvantages of self-centeredness
As we begin to work through our resistance to the practice of equalizing the self…
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Freeing ourselves from samsara
The advantages of observing the higher training in ethical conduct, advice for keeping our ethics…
View Post Path to liberation
The distinction between liberation and enlightenment and what kind of body and what path to…
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The 12 links and the four noble truths
We die because we are born. To cease the cycle of death and rebirth, cease…
View Post Dependent arising: Links 4-12
A review of the first links and a discussion of the remaining 12 links of…
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