Something To Think About Series #204

Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

We spend our lives being seduced by the outside world, believing completely that happiness and suffering come from “out there.” But “everything we experience is our own karmic appearance,” says Lama Zopa Rinpoche. “Everything is made up by our own minds.” By understanding emptiness — that everything occurs in dependence upon causes and conditions (in other words, karma) and that, crucially, there’s nothing intrinsic in anything that makes it what it is — we can slowly loosen the grip of ego-grasping and begin to develop our marvelous potential for clarity, contentment, love, and the other qualities that Lord Buddha says are innate within us.

Something To Think About Series #203

Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

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Thought of the day from Venerable Robina Courtin

In this short but powerful practice we apply the for opponent powers to purify our negative Karma. First, we take refuge, we rely on our trustworthy teacher, the Buddha, and the path he showed us. Then we regret all our negative actions, which only create obstacles on our path. And next we apply the remedy, in this practice it is the recitation of the Vajrasattva Mantra. To conclude, we apply the power of restraint; we make a pledge to do our best not to do these negative actions again.

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