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1. Purity of Heart Faith in Awakening
    … Because his method focused entirely on the present moment, questions of past and future were totally irrelevant to his message. Thus any references to faith in such issues as past karma, future rebirth, or an unconditioned happiness separate from the senses are later interpolations in the texts, which Buddhist agnostics, following the Buddha’s example, should do their best to reject. The second interpretation … 
2. Purity of Heart Getting the Message
    … Your past karma may still leave an opening for your murder or accidental death—you can’t go back and undo what you’ve already done—but once you make and follow through with the promise not to kill again, you are creating no new openings for having your life cut short. As the Dhammapada says, If there’s no wound on the hand … 
3. Purity of Heart The Roots of Buddhist Romanticism
    … Even when fully present, the mind carries along its past presuppositions, using them to judge which experiences—if any—should be valued. This is one of the implications of the Buddhist doctrine on karma. As long as these presuppositions remain unexamined, they hold an unknown power. So to break that power, we need to examine the roots of the Buddhist Romanticism—the Dharma as … 
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