Karma
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an enemy wishes of an enemy, ‘O, may this person sleep badly!’
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Kokālika has been reborn in the Pink Lotus hell because of his resentment for Sāriputta and Moggallāna.
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if sentient beings only knew, as I do, the fruit of giving and sharing, they would not eat without first giving
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Debt in the world, debt in the training, and the highest freedom from debt.
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The Buddha explains why even the same gift may result in different benefits for different people, explaining karma and giving a hint at the nature of Buddhist ethics.
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What kind of person isn’t thrown in jail for stealing half a dollar, a dollar, or a hundred dollars? A person who is rich, affluent, and wealthy.
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I do not recall any mental exultation arising because deities come to me
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But I offered them much more food than you did! Yet, I have been born in a lower heavenly world. Having offered very little, how did you receive more happiness than me?
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What is the difference between greed, hatred, and delusion?
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The heartwarming story of a low-born peasant becoming a true “brahmin” this sutta reminds us that karma is not destiny.
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In which the Buddha claims that karma, the devas, and atmospheric effects can all contribute to the weather.
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when Sakka, lord of the devas, was a human being, he adopted and undertook seven vows
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Witless fools behave
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Suppose a tree were leaning toward the east… When its root is cut, which way would it fall?
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Kamma is neither fatalism nor a doctrine of predetermination.
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at the foundation of Brahmanical philosophies, including Śaivism, is the belief that no karma is incurred if one does not attach oneself to the actions or their results
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laxity within the Sangha is stressed ubiquitously by the Buddha himself as the cause of the decline
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Audio/Video (11)
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One of the toughest interviews I’ve ever had.
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A meditation on how contextual we are, and on what drives ordinary people to do extreme things.
58 min
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