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Karma (, from Sanskrit: कर्म, IPA: [ˈkɐɾmɐ] ; Pali: kamma) is an ancient Indian concept that refers to an 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 worse 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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Changing Our Karma

Baso, Concentration, Karma, Suffering, difficulty, Ceremony
Mar 09 1971
City Center

OLD - 1971.03.09-serial.00148

Serial: SR-00148

Second part of talk from this date, continues where 00116 finishes.

Oneness, Karma, sitting, Meditation, Building, Pain, reality
Mar 09 1971

The Driver

Anger, difficulty, Karma, Freedom, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Peace, confusion,...
Feb 27 1971
City Center

December 13th, 1970, Serial No. 00211

Oneness, Ego, stubbornness, Obstacles, Samadhi, Karma, Bell, difficulty, Attachment,...
Dec 13 1970

Priest Ordination Ceremony: Paul Discoe and Reb Anderson

Serial: SR-00069-A

Reprocessed version may allow for clarification of transcript.

Priest, Ceremony, Precepts, Don't Know Mind, Delusion, Greed, Interview,...
Aug 09 1970
City Center

Ekō Lecture 3

Serial: SR-00228

The Second Morning Eko, Part 2 of 3
Friday Evening, July 11, 1970
Tassajara

[This is the third in a series of six lectures by Suzuki on the four ekos chanted...

Eko, Chanting, Concentration, Karma, Attachment, Mindfulness, Hindrances, Pain, Death...
Jul 11 1970
Tassajara

Ekō Lecture 2

Serial: SR-00229

The Second Morning Eko, Part 1 of 3
Friday Evening, July 10, 1970
Tassajara

[This is the second in a series of six lectures by Suzuki on the four ekos chanted...

Eko, Chanting, Chanting, Anger, Buddha Nature, Mahayana, heart, Karma, Meditation,...
Jul 10 1970
Tassajara

The Willow Tree Cannot Be Broken

Serial: SR-00220

SANDOKAI LECTURE X
Thursday, June 25, 1970
Tassajara

[This lecture is concerned with the following lines of the Sandokai:

Meian ono-ono aitaishite,...

Branching Streams, Sandokai, Precepts, reality, War, Interdependence, Observe,...
Jun 25 1970
Tassajara

The Boat Is Always Moving

Serial: SR-00059

Sandokai Lecture VII
Saturday, June 13, 1970
Tassajara

[The following lines of the Sandokai are discussed in this lecture:

Line 17 Shidai no sho...

Branching Streams, Sandokai, Emptiness, Emotions, Peace, Enemies, Karma, Anger, Hate...
Jun 13 1970
Tassajara

We Are Just a Tiny Speck of Big Being

Serial: SR-00055

Sandokai Lecture V: Lecture to Professor Weller's Visiting Class
Saturday, June 6, 1970
Tassajara

[Note. This lecture was given-- as a general introduction...

Branching Streams, Sandokai, lecture, Freedom, difficulty, Forms, Evil, Duality,...
Jun 06 1970
Tassajara

April 9th, 1970, Serial No. 00223

Evil, Nirvana, Religion, Meditation, realization, stubbornness, Fox, Conversation,...
Apr 09 1970

Non-Dualistic Practice

Serial: SR-00260

Sesshin Lecture No. 3:
Wednesday, February 25, 1970
San Francisco

Sesshin, Big Mind, difficulty, zen, Duality, Karma, Anger, Mahayana, training,...
Feb 25 1970
City Center

OLD - To Actually Practice Selflessness

Serial: SF-05348A

August Sesshin 1969 Suzuki Roshi Wednesday lecture copy - duplicate

Fox, Precepts, Freedom, Funeral, Non-discrimination, Attachment, Continuous Practice...
Aug 06 1969
Sokoji

OLD - To Actually Practice Selflessness

Serial: SF-06089B

August sesshin 1969 Suzuki Roshi Side A: Wed 2 lectures - transcribed - copied ZC

Fox, Precepts, Freedom, Funeral, Non-discrimination, Attachment, Continuous Practice...
Aug 06 1969
Sokoji

To Actually Practice Selflessness

Serial: SR-00125

August Sesshin Lecture
Wednesday, August 6, 1969
San Francisco

Sesshin, Pain, Fox, Precepts, Freedom, Funeral, Monks, Liberation, difficulty,...
Aug 06 1969
Sokoji

OLD - The First Teaching

Serial: SF-05302B

Aug 2 lecture beginning - duplicate

Faith, New Year, Politics, Attachment, Evil, Karma, Emptiness
Aug 02 1969
Tassajara

The First Teaching

Serial: SR-00158

Teaching of impermanence, everything changing; also there is selflessness, suffering and nirvana. The sufferings of birth, death, sickness and old age. Causes of suffering,...

Suffering, Ego, Impermanence, Birth-and-Death, Suffering, Wisdom, Truth, Attachment,...
Aug 02 1969
Tassajara

August 1969 talk, Serial No. 00026

Concentration, Meditation, causation, Obstacles, Delusion, Karma, Intention, Nirvana...
Aug 1969

That is the purpose of counting

Truth, Daily Life, Anger, reality, Karma, Emptiness, Wisdom
Jul 28 1969
Tassajara

June 30th, 1969, Serial No. 00018

Observe, Meditation, training, causation, Evil, Posture, Community, Religion, Karma,...
Jun 30 1969

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-1

Serial: SF-05681

[Second Lotus Sutra series in 1968]
Sunday Evening, October 20, 1968
Zen Mountain Center

Lotus Sutra, Vow, Enemies, Conversation, Karma, Emotions
Oct 20 1968
Tassajara

OLD - Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-1

Serial: 68-10-20

[Second Lotus Sutra series in 1968]
Sunday Evening, October 20, 1968
Zen Mountain Center

Lotus Sutra, Sutra, Emotions, Death, Vow, Karma, Religion, Enemies, Priest, Wisdom...
Oct 20 1968
Series 2, Talk 1
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-4

Serial: SR-00141

Fall 1968
Zen Mountain Center

Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Vow, Attachment, Intention, Dragons, Continuous Practice,...
Oct 1968
C
Tassajara

Lotus Sutra, Lecture No. II-13

Serial: SR-00005

Fall 1968
Zen Mountain Center

Lotus Sutra, Wisdom, Monks, Sutra, Dana, Silence, Lay, Transmission, Karma, Breath,...
Oct 1968
Series 2, Talk 13
Tassajara

Observing the Precepts

Serial: SF-05397

This is the second talk that Suzuki Roshi gave at Esalen on consecutive nights in June 1968.

Precepts, Precepts, Teacher-and-Student, Ego, Posture, Karma, training, Composure,...
Jun 29 1968
Esalen

Lotus Sūtra No. I-2

Serial: SR-00111

February 1968
Zen Mountain Center

Lotus Sutra, Building, Wisdom, Evil, Monks, Priest, Patience, Bodhidharma, Offering,...
Feb 1968
Series 1, Talk 2
Tassajara

Lotus Sūtra No. I-6

Serial: SR-00106

February 1968
Zen Mountain Center

Lotus Sutra, First Principle, First Principle, Truth, Karma, Monks, Sutra, Suffering...
Feb 1968
Series 1, Talk 6
Tassajara

Samantabadra Buddha

Serial: SF-05138B

SR022 - VII 1: Roshi talk - Meal Sutra (copied) - 2: " little bit 2: (ready to go at 000 after Jan 11 lecture) (copied) - ZMC - 1968 year?

Offering, Enemies, Bowing, Bell, Vow, Karma, Faith, Ceremony
Jan 12 1968
Tassajara

OLD - Samantabdra Buddha

Serial: SF-05331

Duplicate

Bodhisattva Vow, Offering, Passions, Vow, Karma, Faith, Ceremony
Jan 12 1968
Tassajara

OLD - Shobogenzo Sokushin Ze Butsu

Serial: SR-00096

66-08-19B

Attachment, Duality, Karma, lecture, Enemies, Freedom
Aug 19 1966
B
Sokoji

Shobogenzo

Serial: SF-05097-D

Sesshin Lecture 1966 Tape #2
Track 1 contd: Most of Suzuki's 6pm Lecture, Thursday evening continued on track 4
Track 4 continuation and finish of 6pm lecture of...

Sesshin, Sixth Patriarch, Dogen, Subject-and-Object, Attachment, Buddha Nature,...
Aug 18 1966
C
Sokoji

Think Everything Out

Serial: SF-05093-C

Monday, August 15, 1966, Lecture C
Sokoji, San Francisco

Sesshin, causation, Attachment, Hate, Intuition, Concentration, Evil, Instruction,...
Aug 15 1966
C
Sokoji

OLD - If Our Teaching Is A Special Teaching

Serial: SF-05834B

SR-67-09-00-A -2 (continued) (conclusion) [This tape is a continuation of SR-67-09-00-A-1]

Bodhidharma, Karma, training, Religion
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

Unknown Date, Serial 00367

Intuition, Impermanence, Intention, Passions, Compassion, Consciousness, American,...
[field_wisdom_date]

Unknown Date, Serial 00394

Attachment, Religion, Community, Meditation, Addiction, Heart Sutra, Four Noble...
[field_wisdom_date]

Unknown Date, Serial 00221, Side B

Serial: NC-00221B

Archival Photo

Buddhism, Buddha, Karma, Nirvana, Enlightenment
[field_wisdom_date]

Unknown Date, Serial 00208

Serial: NC-00208

Archival Photo

Karma, Samadhi, Discrimination, Intimacy
[field_wisdom_date]

Taxi

Priest, Politics, Dragons, Interview, Soto Zen, Instruction, Religion, Doubt,...
[field_wisdom_date]

Unknown Date, Serial 00754

Building, Monastic Practice, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Politics, Commitment,...
[field_wisdom_date]

Unknown Date, Serial 00757, Side B

Serial: BZ-00757B

Class

Practice Period, Attachment, Precepts, Monastic Practice, Karma, Non-duality,...
[field_wisdom_date]
Tassajara Zen Mountain Center

YYYY.MM.DD-serial.00218A

Karma, Concentration, Samadhi, Greed, Desire
[field_wisdom_date]

Unknown Date, Serial 00004, Side B

Passions, Bodhisattva Way, Anger, Karma, Lay, Happiness, confusion, Vow
[field_wisdom_date]

Unknown Date, Serial 01951

confusion, Duality, Karma, Balance, Samsara, realization, Letting Go, Separation, Ego...
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

Dzögchen Retreat

Serial: SF-01937

Saturday afternoon teachings - birthday party - Sunday morning teachings

Karma, realization, Emptiness, confusion, Anger, Freedom, Separation, New Year,...
[field_wisdom_date]
Nevada City

Transformation of Consciousness

Karma, Addiction, Karmic Consequences, Freedom, Evil, Anger, Daily Life, Buddha...
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

Class

Karma, Concentration, Nirvana, Demons, Four Noble Truths, Faith, Conversation,...
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

The Fourth Precept

Freedom, Monastic Practice, Bodhisattva Vow, Karma, Suzuki Roshi, Greed, Observe,...
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

Dzögchen Retreat

Serial: SF-01935

Saturday morning - view - 18

Anger, realization, confusion, Obstacles, Karma, Duality, Ego, Happiness, Emptiness,...
[field_wisdom_date]
Nevada City

Transformation of Consciousness

Serial: SF-02708

Harmonium Mundi

Emptiness, Forgiveness, Liberation, Karma, Anger, Ordinary Mind, Equanimity, Daily...
[field_wisdom_date]
Unknown

Dzögchen Retreat

Serial: SF-01936

Sunday morning teaching continued - TSOK

Emotions, realization, New Year, Karma, Attachment, Evil, confusion, Politics,...
[field_wisdom_date]
Nevada City

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