Karma Talks
Karma (, from Sanskrit: कर्म, IPA: [ˈkɐɾmɐ] ; Pali: kamma) is an ancient Indian concept of action, work, or deed, and its effect or consequences. In Indian religions, the term more specifically refers to a principle of cause and effect, often descriptively called the principle of karma, wherein individuals' intent and actions (cause) influence their future (effect): Good intent and good deeds contribute to good karma and happier rebirths, while bad intent and bad deeds contribute to bad karma and bad rebirths. In some scriptures, however, there is no link between rebirth and karma. Karma is often misunderstood as fate, destiny, or predetermination.
The concept of karma is closely associated with the idea of rebirth in many schools of Indian religions (particularly in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism), as well as Taoism. In these schools, karma in the present affects one's future in the current life as well as the nature and quality of future lives—one's saṃsāra. This concept has also been adopted in Western popular culture, in which the events that happen after a person's actions may be considered natural consequences of those actions.
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Pre-Practice versus PracticeSerial: BZ-00040A The "Gap", Saturday Lecture Attachment, Daily Life, Buddha Nature, Lay Practice, resistance, confusion,... |
Oct 02 1982 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Bodhisattva Ceremony: Renewing Our WaySerial: BZ-00006A Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva Ceremony, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Vows, Eka, Offering, Daily Life,... |
Feb 26 1983 Berkeley Zen Center |
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An Afternoon of Poetry and Discussion Silence, Diversity, Peace, Enemies, Zoom, Fox, Intuition, Cultivation, Bell, Karma... |
Mar 27 1983 SFZC |
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The Law of KarmaSerial: BZ-00003A Most Important in Buddhism, Saturday Lecture Big Mind, Buddha Nature, Bowing, Vows, Karmic Consequences, Study Period, Priest,... |
Apr 16 1983 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Bowing to Our Dharmakaya NatureSerial: BZ-00004A Saturday Lecture Dharmakaya, Karma, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Discrimination, Precepts, Non-discrimination... |
Apr 30 1983 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Meal ChantsSerial: BZ-00002A Saturday Lecture Instruction, Chanting, Greed, Hate, Offering, Karma, Meal Serving, Mindfulness, Vows... |
May 07 1983 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Enlightenment in Soto ZenSerial: BZ-00402A Saturday Lecture Enlightenment, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra, Soto Zen, soto,... |
Sep 10 1983 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Breathing and Posture in ZazenSerial: BZ-00402B One-Day Sitting Zazen, Posture, Repentance, Patience, Oneness, Concentration, Bell, Karma |
Sep 17 1983 Berkeley Zen Center |
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October 22nd, 1983, Serial No. 00416, Side B Fox, Karma, Daily Life, Priest-and-Lay, Lay, Aspects of Practice, Heart Sutra, Priest... |
Oct 22 1983 |
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Third Paramita: Kshanti (Composure)Serial: BZ-00391A Saturday Lecture Kshanti, Composure, Happiness, Monastic Practice, Demons, training, Patience,... |
Nov 1984 Part 1 of 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Dropping the Buddha BowlSerial: BZ-00407B Combining Sesshin with Outside Work and Family, Rohatsu Sesshin, Daily Life, Repentance, Practice Period, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Precepts,... |
Dec 08 1984 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Gospel of John and the Christian Wisdom TraditionSerial: NC-00556 Retreat on the Gospel of John OSB Cam, Karma, Intuition, realization, Emptiness, Conversation |
Dec 11 1984 2 of 5 Utah |
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Buddha's ParinirvanaSerial: BZ-00423A Saturday Lecture Parinirvana, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Buddha's... |
Feb 16 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Tenzo KyokunSerial: BZ-00426B Saturday Lecture Tenzo Kyokun, Practice Position, Six Realms, Demons, Buddha Mind, Karma, Ego, Big... |
May 18 1985 Part 2 of 2 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Meaning of the Bodhisattva CeremonySerial: BZ-00413A Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva Ceremony, Karma, Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Sangha, Manjushri,... |
Aug 03 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Karma and The HindrancesSerial: BZ-00410B Saturday Lecture Karma, Hindrances, Karma, Study Period, Hindrances, Precepts, Bodhisattva Ceremony,... |
Aug 31 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Teacher and Student RelationshipSerial: BZ-00864A Saturday Lecture Teacher-and-Student, Teacher-and-Student, Dharma Transmission, Karma, Transmission,... |
Oct 05 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Investigation and the Five Controlling FacultiesSerial: BZ-00865A Saturday Lecture Concentration, Mindfulness, Doubt, Zazen Mind, Daily Life, resistance, Karma,... |
Oct 19 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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November 2nd, 1985, Serial No. 00866, Side A Doubt, confusion, Continuous, Light-and-Darkness, Karma, Aspects of Practice, Big... |
Nov 02 1985 |
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Thoughts on Christmas and New Year: Gaining MindSerial: BZ-00870B Saturday Lecture Gaining Mind, Gaining Mind, New Year, Ego, Buddha Nature, Karma, Vows, Chanting,... |
Dec 21 1985 Berkeley Zen Center |
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January 9th, 1986, Serial No. 00607OSB Cam, Buddhism, Karma, Hate, Enemies, Buddha |
Jan 09 1986 Shantivanam Ashram |
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March 8th, 1986, Serial No. 00874, Side B Doubt, Culture, War, Observe, Tassajara, Karma, Funeral, Sangha, Gratitude, Rinzai... |
Mar 08 1986 |
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The Bodhisattva WaySerial: BZ-00875B Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva Way, Karma, Samsara, Emotions, Attachment, Bowing, Big Mind, Hindrances,... |
Apr 25 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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May 24th, 1986, Serial No. 00876, Side A Buddha Ancestors, Happiness, Renewal, Karma, Daily Life, Offering, Heart Sutra,... |
May 24 1986 |
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Fundamental PracticeSerial: BZ-00878B Saturday Lecture Daily Life, Obstacles, Commitment, Peace, training, Karma, Observe, Discrimination,... |
Jun 14 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Bodhisattva ceremonySerial: BZ-00882A Ceremony Bodhisattva Ceremony, Priest, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Practice Period, Karma, training... |
Aug 09 1986 Berkeley Zen Center |
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November 22nd, 1986, Serial No. 00894, Side B Ordination, Transmission, Priest, Tassajara, Family Practice, Attachment, Practice... |
Nov 22 1986 |
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January 31st, 1987, Serial No. 01495, Side B Bowing, Passions, Karma, Right Effort, Subject-and-Object, Buddha Nature, Demons,... |
Jan 31 1987 |
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February 5th, 1987, Serial No. 00377 Impermanence, Emotions, Separation, causation, Compassion, Consciousness, Passions,... |
Feb 05 1987 |
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March 5th, 1987, Serial No. 00335 Concentration, Equanimity, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Harmonizing, Subject-and-... |
Mar 05 1987 |
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Bodhisattva CeremonySerial: BZ-00889B Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva Ceremony, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Precepts, Repentance, Vows,... |
May 09 1987 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Blue Cliff Record ClassSerial: SF-00070 Cases 14 and 15 Suzuki Roshi, First Principle, Oneness, Lotus Sutra, Karma, Transmission, Dragons,... |
Nov 27 1987 5 Green Gulch Farm |
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Four Truths and Heart SutraSerial: BZ-00309 Rohatsu Day 1 Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Passions, Mundane Life, Attachment, Karma, Obstacles... |
Dec 08 1987 |
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December 11th, 1987, Serial No. 00306, Side ASerial: BZ-00306A Sesshin Day 4 Ego, Buddha Nature, Peace, resistance, Continuous, Tassajara, Religion, American,... |
Dec 11 1987 |
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December 12th, 1987, Serial No. 00305Serial: BZ-00305 Sesshin Day 5 Buddha Nature, Describe, Lotus Sutra, Karma, Ego, Lay |
Dec 12 1987 |
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December 14th, 1987, Serial No. 00303Serial: BZ-00303 Sesshin Day 7 Attachment, Karma, Heart Sutra, Separation, Hate, Precepts, Culture, Ego |
Dec 14 1987 |
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Bodhisattva Nature Don't Know Mind, Emotions, Karma, confusion, Offering, Balance, resistance,... |
Feb 12 1988 SFZC |
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DzögchenSerial: SF-01938 Speaker surmised from series Mindfulness, Ordinary Mind, Karma, Emptiness, Demons, Balance, confusion,... |
Feb 14 1988 SFZC |
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Dzögchen Karma, confusion, Duality, Emotions, Anger, Ego, Beginners, Buddha Nature,... |
Feb 14 1988 SFZC |
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DzögchenSerial: SF-01939 Speaker surmised from series Karma, confusion, Emptiness, Balance, Don't Know Mind, Instruction, Happiness,... |
Feb 14 1988 SFZC |
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Dzögchen part 2Serial: SF-01940 Speaker surmised from series Anger, Karma, Passions, Happiness, Emotions, Duality, Emptiness, resistance, Four... |
Feb 21 1988 SFZC |
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Dzögchen Karma, confusion, Teacher-and-Student, Samsara, Duality, Freedom, Obstacles,... |
Mar 26 1988 SFZC |
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Dzögchen Don't Know Mind, Duality, Balance, Obstacles, Karma, Happiness, Emotions,... |
Mar 28 1988 SFZC |
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Dzögchen Happiness, confusion, realization, Emotions, Liberation, Karma, Continuous,... |
Mar 28 1988 SFZC |
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Yontenzot Duality, confusion, Four Noble Truths, Letting Go, Karma, realization, Observe, Non-... |
Apr 16 1988 SFZC |
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YontenzotSerial: SF-01835 Name added Karma, Four Noble Truths, confusion, Duality, Happiness, Right Speech, realization,... |
Apr 16 1988 SFZC |
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Yontenzot Four Noble Truths, Karma, Duality, realization, confusion, Separation, Attachment,... |
Apr 17 1988 SFZC |
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Yontenzot Karma, Happiness, Duality, Attachment, Enemies, Four Noble Truths, Lay Practice,... |
Apr 17 1988 SFZC |
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Yontenzot Emptiness, Duality, Happiness, confusion, Emotions, Samsara, Karma, Separation,... |
Apr 23 1988 SFZC |
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YontenzotSerial: SF-01864 "Chhoje Tulku" confusion, Karma, Emptiness, Emotions, Duality, Diversity, Demons, Freedom, Obstacles... |
Apr 30 1988 SFZC |