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1. Beyond Desire & Passion 2. An Affirmation of Power
    … Contrary to a popular misconception, it wasn’t the case that everyone in the Buddha’s time believed in the power of karma, or action. Most of the alternative teachings of the time actually taught that karma was either unreal or powerless. The brahmans, for instance, taught that members of other castes were powerless to perform the rituals and sacraments needed to ensure well … 
2. Beyond Desire & Passion 3. Proactive People with Proactive Minds
    … This is the Buddha’s distinctive teaching of the principle of karma—kamma in the language of the Canon, action in English. Although he recognized three types of kamma—bodily, verbal, and mental—he identified intention, the mental act that aims at doing something, as the determining element in all three. Actions based on unskillful intentions—greed, aversion, or delusion—lead to unpleasant results … 
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