Karma

Ordering Someone to Commit a Harmful Action Brings about an Increase in Negative Karmic Potential for Both the Agent of the Action and the One Who Ordered It  As for ordering others to commit harmful actions of body or speech, such as taking a life or lying, Vasubandhu,...

Let us look more closely at the type of nonrevealing form that a pratimoksha vowed restraint (so-sor thar-pa’i sdom-pa, Skt. prātimokṣasaṃvara) is. There Is Only One Nonrevealing Form for All the Branches of a Pratimoksha Vowed Restraint  Vasubandhu adds further detail...

Gaining Liberation To gain liberation from uncontrollably recurring rebirth, samsara, we need to reverse the mechanism of the twelve links. We do this by ridding ourselves of the first link, unawareness or ignorance about how the self – me and all others exist. When we have...

Three Main Types of Nonrevealing Forms Vasubandhu states in A Treasure House of Special Topics of Knowledge, Put in Verses (Chos mngon-pa’i mdzod-kyi tshig-le’ur byas-pa, Skt. Abhidharmakośa-kārikā) (IV.13) (Gretil ed., Derge Tengyur vol. 104, 11A): Nonrevealing (forms) are to...

Obtaining the Nonrevealing Form of a Vowed Restraint Vasubandhu states in A Treasure House of Special Topics of Knowledge, Put in Verses (Chos mngon-pa’i mdzod-kyi tshig-le’ur byas-pa, Skt. Abhidharmakośa-kārikā) (IV.26cd) (Gretil ed., Derge Tengyur vol. 140, 11A):  What...

Relinquishing Nonrevealing Forms of Vowed Restraints Vasubandhu explains how the nonrevealing form of a vowed restraint is relinquished in A Treasure House of Special Topics of Knowledge, Put in Verses (Chos mngon-pa’i mdzod-kyi tshig-le’ur byas-pa, Skt. Abhidharmakośa-kārikā)...

Understanding karma helps us begin to comprehend what happens to us in lives and to influence what will happen in the future.

There is not one cause, but a multitude of causes that result in our experiences.

A discussion between Jonathan Landaw and Dr. Berzin about the relationship between collective karma and environmental or societal situations of a group that experiences them.

Understanding and appreciating Kalachakra’s unique features and methods for attaining enlightenment grow based on first understanding and appreciating the unique features of Mahayana sutra, general tantra and anuttarayoga tantra.