Search results for: virtue

  1. Book search result icon The Power of Karma Patterns of Karma | February 17, 2026, morning
     … So, in looking at these various good courses of action, you can see that skillful karma is not just a matter of precepts or of external virtue. It also relates to concentration and discernment. All levels of skillful action are interrelated. This also means, though, that having good virtue and understanding the principles of karma are an important foundation for the entirety of the … 
  2. Book search result icon The Power of Karma Present Karma | February 15, 2026, evening
     … the four sublime attitudes of universal goodwill, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity; virtue; discernment; and the ability not to let your mind be overcome by pleasure or pain. The basic principle here is that karma is not tit-for-tat. In other words, if you kill three people, you don’t have to be killed three times in response. The actual principle is that … 
  3. Book search result icon The Power of Karma Q&A
     … There are the people you help through your virtue and generosity, and there are the people who are inspired by your good example. That’s my recommendation. Q: If the karma is already predetermined, is it determined that we have to suffer? A: There are some bad things that will happen because of your past karma and there may be some really good things … 
  4. Book search result icon The Power of Karma Karma as Context | February 18, 2026, morning
     … The practice of the Buddha’s teachings in terms of generosity, virtue, and meditation offers trainings in precisely those skills. In particular, in meditation, you learn to use the three types of fabrication—bodily, verbal, and mental—along with acts of intention and paying attention to the right questions, as your body of skills to shape your experience of the present moment—and the … 
  5. Book search result icon The Power of Karma Karma for the End of Karma | February 17, 2026, evening
     … We cling to the habits and practices of generosity, virtue, and meditation. We cling to a view of ourselves as being confident that we will benefit from following the path, confident that we can do it, and responsible in seeing that we stick to the path in spite of difficulties. Instead of clinging to sensuality, we cling to the finer pleasures of mastering right … 
  6. Book search result icon The Power of Karma The Karma of Distraction | February 15, 2026, morning
     … Another gladdening theme would be to think back on your own virtue, remembering the times when you could have done something harmful and may have gotten away with it, but you saw that it was beneath you, so you didn’t do it. That gives you a sense of self-esteem. You can also think of the Buddha, the Dhamma, and the Saṅgha: any … 
  7. Book search result icon The Power of Karma The Power of Karma | SVM talk, February 12, 2026, evening
     … So how do you make your mind like the Rio Bonito? One, the Buddha says, is that you try to develop your virtue. Two, you try to develop discernment. Three, you learn to train your mind so that it’s not easily overcome by pain or pleasure. This is basically what we learn in concentration practice. For example, because of your past karma, there … 
  8. Book search result icon The Power of Karma Readings
     … There is the case where the very same sort of trifling deed done by another individual is experienced in the here & now, and for the most part barely appears for a moment. “Now, a trifling evil deed done by what sort of individual takes him to hell? There is the case where a certain individual is undeveloped in [contemplating] the body, undeveloped in virtue … 
  9. Book search result icon The Power of Karma Q&A | February 15, 2026, afternoon
     … You state in one of your books that generosity, virtue, and meditation lead to happiness in this life and potentially in future lifetimes as well. In what way does meditation lead to happiness in this lifetime? A: By creating a sense of well-being inside. Simply through focusing on your breath and allowing your mind to settle down steadily with a comfortable sense of … 
  10. Book search result icon The Power of Karma Q&A | February 17, 2026, afternoon
     … generosity, virtue, renunciation, discernment, persistence, endurance, truth, determination, goodwill, and equanimity. That way, you’ll have something good to take with you when you fly to your next destination. Q: When I’m meditating, sometimes I don’t feel my arms and legs. At that moment, if an image of a person arises in my mind, I can’t access any feeling to practice … 
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