Search results for: past karma

  1. Book search result icon First Things First Did the Buddha Teach Free Will?
     … the results of past intentions—your old karma; present intentions; and the results of present intentions. Your present intentions are the determining factor as to whether the mind does or doesn’t suffer in any given moment. They’re also the factor where freedom can come into the mixture. Past karma is a given, providing the raw material that your present karma can shape … 
  2. Book search result icon First Things First The Karma of Now
    The Karma of Now Why the Present Moment Isn’t the Goal Have you ever wondered why Buddhist meditation focuses so much attention on observing the mind in the present moment? It’s because of the way the Buddha taught kamma, or action. His teachings on kamma were so central to all of his teachings that when he classified himself as a teacher, he … 
  3. Book search result icon First Things First In the Eyes of the Wise
    In the Eyes of the Wise The Buddha’s Teachings on Honor & Shame Several years back, I led a retreat in Santa Fe on the topic of karma. One of the readings was a passage in which the Buddha teaches his seven-year-old son, Rāhula, how to examine his actions, as he would his face in a mirror, to make sure that he … 
  4. Book search result icon First Things First The Streams of Emotion
     … With discernment they’re finally stopped. — Sn 5:1 In other words, being mindful to say No to an emotion is only a first step in getting past it. To get totally beyond it requires discernment: detecting why you go for the emotion, how there’s a better alternative, and what that alternative is. Only then can you be freed from the power the … 
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