karma

7 posts

Purpose & Meaning
Why Merit Matters: The Buddha's Teachings on Generosity and Pure Intention
22 January 2025
Through the Buddha's past lives as a prince and a gambler, this sūtra reveals how merit —generated through generosity and pure intention— transforms lives and leads to awakening.
Wisdom & Understanding
The Play in Full: A Teaching on the Buddha's Life and the Practice of Supplication
21 July 2023
Chagdud Khadro explores how the Play in Full Sutra reveals the Buddha's life story as both vivid narrative and profound teaching on the connection between virtue and enlightenment.
Purpose & Meaning
The Power of Aspiration: Teachings on The White Lotus of Compassion and the Bodhisattva Path
7 March 2023
The White Lotus of Compassion reveals the Buddha's past-life intentions, showing why true aspiration means choosing to awaken in realms of suffering rather than perfection.
Community & Ethics
The Chapter on Medicines: Karma, Miracles, and the Buddha's Vast Activity
14 July 2021
Beyond monastic rules, The Chapter on Medicines offers the Buddha's healing narratives, past-life stories, epidemic protection, and insights on devotion's karmic power.
Purpose & Meaning
The Hundred Deeds: Buddhist Stories on Karma, Compassion, and the Power of Small Acts
28 May 2021
The Buddha's past-life stories demonstrate that small acts of kindness, paired with pure motivation, create profound results across lifetimes.
Community & Ethics
The Play in Full: A Translator's Perspective on the Life of the Buddha
20 May 2013
Insights from translating The Play in Full, an extensive account of the life and deeds of the Buddha.
Community & Ethics
The Purification of Karmic Obscurations Sūtra: A Buddhist Teaching on Forgiveness and the Nature of Mind
14 April 2013
Purification of Karmic Obscurations reveals how the Buddha addresses violations of moral ethics—insights from the translation process.