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On Monday this week, we listened to a class rather than a meditation (thanks Laura for suggesting this):
The Architecture of Experience: Navigating Dependent Origination with Wisdom with Elaine Jackson (2)
Last week, on Monday, we followed the LamRim Year:
Day 195 – We have the freedom very few people have — the freedom to create as much positive karma as we wish —Lama Zopa Rinpoche
■ The power of the karma we create depends on the power of the object
■ Positive karma can ripen quickly and powerfully after making a Dharma connection
■ Offering one small stick of incense with bodhicitta motivation is very powerfulOn Tuesday, we followed:
Express Meditation Ven.Losang Dondrub: Meditation on Existence Independent of the Body and Mind
This morning, we followed:
Express Meditation Ven.Losang Dondrub: The Ripening of Karma
Happy Chotrul Druchen!
On Monday, we followed the Lamrim year again:
Day 191 Any negative action sets up a chain reaction
and leads to more and more suffering
—Lama Zopa Rinpoche■ Every negative action has a ripening result and then three results when reborn a human
■ The worst result is creating the result similar to the cause, which brings endless suffering
■ Even if a nonvirtue seems insignificant, it habituates us to doing worse and worse actionsYesterday, the group followed an Express Meditation Vajrasattva session by Ven. Katy Cole. (I slept through my alarm, so I’m not sure which one it was!)
Today, we went back to the Lam Rim Year:
Day 190 – Only by understanding karma and seeing why we are suffering can we stop this continual round of problem after problem
—Lama Zopa Rinpoche
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■ There are many factors that determine the strength of the karma we create
■ These include the nature of the action, the intention, the deed and the base
■ Actions that are repeated or haven’t been purified will also bring a heavier resultOn Monday (thanks Laura!), we followed:
This morning, we went back to Norbu Ling Center’s series on Lam Rim:
Express Meditation Ven. Losang Dondrub: The Nature of our Own Samsara
This morning, we did two short meditations following the Lamrim Year:
Day 180 – Just one single act of killing results in rebirth in the hell realms — Lama Zopa Rinpoche
■ To refrain from killing, we need to understand the factors that make it a complete action
■ These are: the intention to kill, the object, taking life and the other being’s death
■ Refraining from killing is our most practical contribution to world peaceDay 181 – Taking what is not offered can come in many forms —Lama Zopa Rinpoche
■ Stealing is caused by craving and is due to either ignorance, attachment or anger
■ The Tibetan word for stealing defines it as “taking that which is not given”
■ Stealing can take many forms, such as avoiding paying a train fareYesterday, we followed:
Express Meditation (Jeff Highfill): Karma, Purification and Emptiness
Today we went back to the Lamrim Year:
Day 178 – No matter how heavy or how small, karma never gets lost — Lama Zopa Rinpoche
■ It is impossible not to experience the result if we have created the cause
■ When something unexpected happens, there is always a reason—karma is there
■ Unless we purify our negative actions, they will definitely lead to future sufferingHave a lovely week.
A bit of a change for this morning. We followed:
Today’s meditation was:
Express Meditation Ven. Losang Dondrub: The Eleven Points of Cultivating Bodhicitta
Have a lovely week!
Today, we followed:
On Tuesday, we repeated:
Meditation on the Subtle Body with Scott Snibbe
Have a lovely rest of the week.
