Tweet Karma can not be predicted, neither can it be prevented. However, positive karma can bargain with negative karma. But before we talk about this, we must first talk about how positive and negative karma come about. All Karma is the result of actions or speech. All actions and speech come from thoughts. All thoughts …
Tweet “If we want to be liberated, are good deeds required for realization or just realize the 4 Noble truths?” Good deeds are needed to cultivate Parami. Good Deeds and Good Practice go hand in hand. Say you want to cross a river from one side to the other, we need a boat. If we …
Tweet Just like a baby must be in the mother’s stomach for 9 months but is born in one day, even so, the disciples, lay followers and relatives of the Buddha and anyone else who became enlightened, all built up to their enlightenment. In this last life, they merely received the fruits of their practice. …
Tweet True Buddhism does not just teach you to forgive people. If you forgive people, you still think you are better than them. Instead, you should try to see how you have hurt other people in a similar way. Once you see that, you will better understand how and why you have been hurt. In …
Tweet Today a dhamma practitioner told me a story that I would like to share with you. It all started like this: Today my friend and I were supposed to go talk to a client. The appointment was at 10:40am. My friend wanted to stop by the bank first and left our house at 10:00am. …
Tweet One dhamma practitioner shared the following story: After breaking up with a girlfriend who I loved very much, getting over her was extremely hard and painful. Each day was a grind. Each day was tough. Everything I saw, reminder me of her. Everything I thought of was about her. I couldn’t do anything …
Tweet One of the Dhamma practitioners had this problem. She owned a very profitable and successful business selling special blends of herbs and spices. These herbs and spices were famous and the recipes were created by her late mother. She has been exporting these herbs and spices to many shops all over the world to …
Tweet Someone once asked a monk how they could stop their wife from over-eating. He felt that his wife was over-eating and becoming unhealthy and overweight. He asked the monk for advice and methods which he could use to help his wife overcome her wrong viewpoints. The monk told him this: “The cause of wrong …
Tweet “I’m always afraid my umbrella would get wet.” This is a very thoughtful and meaningful quote. Many of us are deathly afraid of death, sickness, illness, discomfort or ailments. We spend so much time and energy stressing out and preparing for these things that we forget a fundamental, obvious and blatant fact, that …
