Buddhist Teachings By Ven. Robina Courtin

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Many people all over the world don’t like karma, Buddhists included. It’s seen in a really cliched, hippy kind of way. So serious people don’t like to talk about it. But actually, if we look at the big picture of Buddha’s view of the universe, it’s a coherent world view actually. The thing is, if the law of karma were not relevant to Buddhism, if it were not something valid, the whole of Buddhism would collapse into a heap of complete absurdity.  The whole of Buddhism is rooted in the view of karma, so it’s crucial to understand. Because it’s so fundamentally different from the philosophical materialist view, which of course is the view that prevails in our culture, and the one we think is serious, then we feel sometimes embarrassed to talk about it.  But let’s look at it. The Buddha’s view is fundamentally different from other religious traditions. But often when we hear about karma it sounds exactly the same. Don’t do this and don’t do that, and if you do do this something bad will happen. We don’t ever thi

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I think the typical way we live our lives, and the thing we think about most, from the moment we wake up in the morning until we go to sleep, is the outside world, what’s out there, the people, the things. I think we pay very little attention to what goes on in the mind. We pay a lot of attention to our mind when we study something, it’s all about the mind learning all these new thoughts, new concepts. So there we really do concentrate on the contents of the mind. But when it comes to our emotions, maybe we don’t have many methods. We don’t even notice our emotions until they are exploding out of the mouth, or until you can’t get out of bed one morning because you’re so depressed. The Buddhist approach is quite practical, contrary to our usual views, actually what goes on in our mind is the main player in our life, not the external events. So with that in mind, it’s necessary to pay attention and to work with what’s in our mind, to be able to become familiar with our emotions and feelings. So the Buddhist app

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Ven. Robina leads the purification practice of the Four Opponent Powers. Lawudo Trek | March 30, 2019 | Lawudo Main Gompa, Solu Khumbu

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