This lesson is based on AN 10.176, a discourse found in the Pāli Canon in which the Buddha explains the essential courses of Kamma. For everything we do, there will be a cause and effect. Our actions and intentions create results that can be either wholesome, unwholesome or neutral. Kamma, or karma, explains how ourContinue reading “The Ten Paths to Wholesome Karma: Cultivating Positive Outcomes in Life and Beyond”
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Life’s Cheat Codes: Six Aspects of Karma to Know for Establishing Right View
This lesson draws its inspiration from AN 6.63, a discourse in the Pāli Canon where the Buddha outlines the six aspects of Kamma that are essential to comprehend. Karma (Sanskrit), Kamma (Pāli) refers to the actions, intentions, and choices we make in our daily lives, and the consequences that follow from those actions. Our KammaContinue reading “Life’s Cheat Codes: Six Aspects of Karma to Know for Establishing Right View”
A Foreign Policy of Freedom: Promoting Peace and Friendship in Our World
Greetings Dear Friends It is my honor to share with you the principles of a foreign policy of freedom, based on universal values that apply to all people, regardless of their background or beliefs. To convey these principles, I will draw upon the teachings of wise leaders throughout history, who spoke in clear and simpleContinue reading “A Foreign Policy of Freedom: Promoting Peace and Friendship in Our World”
Existence…This is said to be Existence
5.10 Continuation With attachment (clinging) as condition: continuation (existence) is said. What is continuation? Existence. There are three kinds. Which three? They are as follows: – continuation in the sense-sphere, – continuation in the luminous form-sphere, – continuation in the formless-sphere. **Herein, what is continuation in the SENSE-SPHERE existence? This is the Kamma-world (also knownContinue reading “Existence…This is said to be Existence”
Nicholas Gerace 