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The Science of Karma: The Law of Cause and Effect  $35.00

What is karma? Why do we experience certain things rather than others during our lives? If karma is not fate, do we have control over our experiences? Learn the answers to these and other questions about the Law of Karma - one of the most important but often misunderstood concepts in Buddhist teaching.

Order CodeTape Details
LK04/C01 CD 1    [10/7/2004 0:00:00]   Lama Choedak Rinpoche
  Welcome; Opening prayers; Introduction - defining karma; Karma of certainty; Karma of uncertainty; Intentional karma; Causal intention; Intention on action; Intention at conclusion; Executed thought karma; Virtuous deeds with positive result; Non-virtuous deeds with negative result.
LK04/C02 CD 2    [10/7/2004 0:00:00]   Lama Choedak Rinpoche
  Virtuous deeds with negative result; Non-virtuous deeds with negative result; Virtuous throwing karma; Pure karma; Impure karma; Deeds executed in conformance with vows and precepts; Defilement factor; Guilt and defilements; Active change vs passive acceptance.
LK04/C03 CD 3    [10/7/2004 0:00:00]   Lama Choedak Rinpoche
  Questions and answers.
LK04/C04 CD 4    [10/7/2004 0:00:00]   Lama Choedak Rinpoche
  Ignorance; Hatred; Greed; Arrogance; Mixed defilements; Nonvirtue in relation to the six realms; Factors determining the results of executed deeds; Constancy; Intention; Antidotes; Objects; Association; Location; Time; Executor; How to use the eight factors.
LK04/C05 CD 5    [10/7/2004 0:00:00]   Lama Choedak Rinpoche
  Typology of karmic results; Experiential karma; Environmental karma; Individual karma; Possessive Karma; Unstable karma; Completing karma; Perpetuate karma of experience; Ultimate Karma; Summary; Chanting by Ven Lobsang; Close.
LK04/T01 Tape 1    [10/7/2004 0:00:00]   Lama Choedak Rinpoche
  1. Defining Karma: karma of certainty; karma of uncertainty; ever-increasing karma; created karma will not go astray; 2. Nature of karma: intentional karma; causal intention; intention on action; intention at conclusion=conceptual evaluation of karma; executed thought karma; virtuous deeds +ve result; non-virtuous deed -ve result; virtuous deed -ve result; non-virtuous +ve result; throwing karma.
LK04/T02 Tape 2    [10/7/2004 0:00:00]   Lama Choedak Rinpoche
  Throwing karma (cont); completing karma; pure karma; impure karma; suffering after suffering; totally mixed karma; fluctuating & extremely changeable happiness & suffering; Deeds executed in conformity with vows and precepts; Deeds executed without vows and precepts; Q&A: 1.Collective karma; Is law of karma a natural law?; Basic factors in executing karma; and more;
LK04/T03 Tape 3    [10/7/2004 0:00:00]   Lama Choedak Rinpoche
  Q&A: Birth/death charts; etc.; Story of karma of the fisherwoman; The defilement factor; ignorance, hatred, greed, arrogance, jealousy; afflictive karma of single, dual, triple multiple defilements; non-virute in relation to the realms; factors determining the result of executed deeds: constancy, intention, antidotes, objects, association, location, time, executor.
LK04/T04 Tape 4    [10/7/2004 0:00:00]   Lama Choedak Rinpoche
  Typology of karmic results: habitual karma; experiential karma; environmental karma; individual karma; collective karma; possessive karma; unstable karma; completing karma; Perpetuating karma of experience; Objective virtue of the vow holder; Transforming neutral into positive karma; conclusion; Lobsang Tendon chanting dedication.

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“To be honourable in thought, sincere in word, good in deed, is to have the heart of a buddha”
The Buddha