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Karma and Your Life

Miscarriages and karma

Sometimes a baby is stillborn. The grief of the parents often is very deep. An…

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Cultivating Compassion

Kindness of mothers (all beings)

By developing love and compassion we can repay the kindness of all beings.

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Transforming War and Terrorism

A-Bombs, terrorism, and karma

What influence does motivation have on the karma of an action? Can a negative action…

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Deity Meditation

Vajrayana foundation

How Vajrayana fits in in relation to other Buddhist practices.

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The Eight Dangers

Dedication and self-acceptance

How the afflictions arise one after another in our mind and how to humbly and…

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The Eight Dangers

Inability to settle on a path

Doubt can undermine our Dharma practice and study, and can even cause lack of confidence…

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The Eight Dangers

The carnivorous demon of doubt

How doubt torments us along the path, and how difficult it is sometimes to recognize…

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The Eight Dangers

Staving off the flood

Strengthening our precepts and practice helps to fortify our minds against the flood of attachment…

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The Eight Dangers

Attachment to ideas

Try something different! How attachment to ideas creates conflict and unhappiness in our lives.

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The Eight Dangers

Attachment to personal identity

Sometimes going to a new environment gives us more space to relate to things and…

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