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SUMMARY:DISCOVERING BUDDHISM: All About Karma
DESCRIPTION:(HYBRID) Discover how karmic cause and effect functions\, an
 d explore ways to become adept at dealing with life most effectively and
  thereby take control of your future. Put in place all the causes for ha
 ppiness\, and implement practices to purify negative karma. This module 
 aims to introduce you to the Buddhist concept of Karma\, or internal cau
 se and effect\, and what it means to take personal responsibility. Using
  examples from everyday life we will analyse how our actions determine t
 heir results and cause us to experience either happiness or suffering.\n
 \n\n\nKarma is not just a belief system\, but a natural law of existence
  that operates whether you believe in it or not. The teachings on karma 
 are independent of belief. Just like gravity\, karmic results happen nat
 urally through the constant flow of your physical and mental energy—ka
 rma means cause and effect\, representing the continuous energy of your 
 body\, speech\, and mind.\n\n\n\n“To put an end to our samsaric suffer
 ing\, we must do two things: One is to purify the negative actions we’
 ve done every day of our lives and in our infinite previous lives as wel
 l. We also have to change our minds and actions and abstain from creatin
 g further negativities.”Lama Zopa Rinpoche\n\n\n\nEverything comes fro
 m the mind: Your daily experiences of happiness or suffering are reflect
 ions of your past positive or negative thoughts and intentions. Even a t
 iny positive or negative action can grow into massive future results\, m
 uch like a tiny seed growing into a huge tree.\n\n\n\nDiscover effective
  tools to accumulate merit – the cause of happiness and success – an
 d purify mistaken actions done in the past with the Four Opponent Powers
 . Using practices like prostrations or Vajrasattva recitation we can cle
 ar past negative imprints before they mature into suffering\, and view d
 ifficult life situations as opportunities to exhaust past negative karma
  rather than sources of despair.\n\n\n\nTopics Include:\n\n\n\n\nUnderst
 anding Karma through the four principles of karma\n\n\n\nTen non-virtuou
 s actions and their results\n\n\n\nFour parts of a karmic deed that make
 s it complete or only partial\n\n\n\nHow the practice of rejoicing doubl
 es our merit and inspires our mind\n\n\n\nImportance of motivation and h
 ow to make every action meaningful\n\n\n\nFour opponent powers and their
  relation to the four karmic results\n\n\n\nThe six methods of purificat
 ion\n\n\n\nMerit as the source of all happiness\, success and realisatio
 ns\n\n\n\nThe practice of patience\, since anger destroys all merit\n\n\
 n\n\nDiscover effective tools to accumulate merit – the cause of happi
 ness and success – and purify mistaken actions done in the past with t
 he Four Opponent Powers. In addition\, explore ways to become adept at d
 ealing with life most effectively to thereby take control of your future
 .\n\n\n\n“That person who creates the most unbelievable bad karma may 
 have success now\, but that is the result of past good karma. Soon that 
 will run out and then they will have the most unbelievable suffering.”
 Lama Zopa Rinpoche\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\
 n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Discovering Buddhism\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Discove
 ring Buddhism is the core program of LTC. It consists of 13 units\, but 
 you are most welcome to join at any time. It takes about three years to 
 complete the full cycle and the associated activities. Many people enjoy
  the program so much they attend subsequent cycles! We invite you to com
 e along to a couple of classes and see how the program suits you. More d
 etails here.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore class dates in this series\nSugar
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  is a hybrid event\, held both in-person in the gompa and online on Zoom
 . Zoom meeting starts 10 minutes before event start time.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\
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