Karma Talks

Karma (, from Sanskrit: कर्म, IPA: [ˈkɐɾmɐ] ; Pali: kamma) is a 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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Jhanas and Shikantaza Arhats

Serial: BZ-02189

Shuso ceremony, Sesshin Day 5

Intuition, Shikantaza, Consciousness, Intuition, Karma, Repentance, Birth-and-Death,...
Jun 19 2011
Berkeley Zen Center

Precepts

Serial: BZ-02176

Bodhisattva Ceremony, Saturday Lecture

Karma, Precepts, Karma, Anger, Vows, Four Noble Truths, Bodhisattva Precepts,...
May 14 2011
Berkeley Zen Center

Denkoroku Class Mishaka

Birth-and-Death, Karma, Describe, Karmic Consciousness, Ego, Patience, Family...
Apr 14 2011
4

India and Community

Karma, Culture, Mindfulness, training, Patience, Chanting, Conversation, Instruction...
Mar 26 2011

Japan Catastrophe

Serial: BZ-02165

Earthquake, Tsunami, Nuclear Fallout, One-Day Sitting

Karma, Japan, Current Events, Karma, Repentance, Vows, Renewal, Composure, Interview...
Mar 19 2011
Berkeley Zen Center

The Four Noble Truths

Serial: BZ-02163

Routine and Depression, Saturday Lecture

Suffering, Faith, Karma, Death-and-Dying, Four Noble Truths, Hate, Liberation, Daily...
Mar 05 2011
Berkeley Zen Center

Denkoroku Class - Kumorata The Nineteenth Ancestor

Birth-and-Death, Karma, Transmission, Continuous, Karmic Consciousness, Five Ranks,...
Feb 24 2011
2

Denkoroku Class - Bashyashita Daiosho

Karma, Transmission, Daily Life, Conversation, Duality, Funeral, Dragons, Non-duality...
Feb 20 2011

Buddha's Parinirvana

Serial: BZ-02157

Ordinary Life is the Way, Sesshin Day 1

Sense of separation, Neither good nor bad

 

Nirvana, Separation, Greed, Birth-and-Death, Interview, Culture, Emotions, Karma, Ego...
Feb 19 2011
Part 1 of 4
Berkeley Zen Center

Denkoroku

Serial: BZ-02158

Kabimora Daiosho -The Thirteenth Ancestor, Sesshin Day 1

Soto Zen, Transmission of Light, Discrimination, Demons, Echo, Six Realms, Buddha...
Feb 19 2011
Part 2 of 4
Berkeley Zen Center

Death and Dying: How Is It With You

Death-and-Dying, Four Noble Truths, Karmic Consequences, Karma, Mahayana, Bodhisattva...
Feb 05 2011

Resuming Big Mind - The Purpose of Sesshin

Serial: BZ-02143

Rohatsu Day 1

Karma, Suzuki Roshi, Monkey Mind, Big Mind, Concentration, Posture, Interview, Non-...
Dec 05 2010
Berkeley Zen Center

I Love Zazen and Zazen Loves Me

Mindfulness, Anger, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Manjushri, Karma, Ego, Concentration,...
Sep 25 2010

Five Ranks Class

Serial: BZ-02121

Katsuki Sekida's Commentary

 

Five Ranks, Cultivation, Passions, Karma, Concentration, Lotus Sutra, training,...
Aug 19 2010
7

Loving Speech

Right Speech, Patience, Four Foundations, Offering, Precepts, Lay Ordination, Karma,...
Jul 31 2010

Taking, Giving, and Receiving

Precepts, Buddha Nature, resistance, Conversation, Hate, Vows, Karma, Attachment...
Jul 17 2010

The Bird and the Fish - Genjokoan

Serial: BZ-02107

Sesshin Day 1

Subject-and-Object, Repentance, Separation, Happiness, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature...
Jun 23 2010
Berkeley Zen Center

Buddhism in India in the 21st Century

Karma, causation, Right Speech, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Bodhisattva Vow, Vows, Precepts...
Feb 27 2010

Vashubandu Class

Building, Karma, Vows, Continuous, Ego, Four Foundations, Attachment, American,...
Feb 15 2010
3

Vashubandu Class

Discrimination, Describe, Demons, Nirvana Sutra, Intuition, Karma, Passions,...
Feb 14 2010
2

What the Holy Ones Did Not Preach

Serial: BZ-02078

Essence of Mind, One-Day Sitting

BCR-28, First Principle, Intuition, Don't Know Mind, Passions, Buddha Mind,...
Jan 24 2010
Berkeley Zen Center

We Always Practice Under Restriction

Serial: BZ-02072

Ability and Disability, Rohatsu Day 5

Zazen, confusion, Observe, Funeral, Posture, Instruction, Karma, Forgiveness,...
Dec 10 2009
Berkeley Zen Center

Beyond Dharma and Dharmas

Serial: BZ-02071

Poem on Rohatsu, Rohatsu Day 4

Abhidharma, Five Skandhas, Big Mind, Discrimination, Karma, Concentration, Describe,...
Dec 09 2009
Berkeley Zen Center

Zazen to Become a Buddha

Serial: BZ-02022

Sitting for 10 Kalpas and Not Attaining Buddha, Saturday Lecture

Bodhisattva, MM-9, Karma, Bodhisattva Way, Lotus Sutra, Peace, Bodhidharma, Big Mind...
Mar 28 2009
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra. Hui Neng. Commentary on Poem: Prajna: Serial No. 01083, Side B

Serial: BZ-01083B

Rohatus, Day 7, second tape

Attachment, Karma, Ego, Big Mind, Non-attachment, Hindrances, Continuous, Mindfulness...
Dec 13 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra. Hui Neng. Commentary of Poem: Prajna: Serial No. 01452

Serial: BZ-01452

Rohatsu, Day 7, side A

Darkness and Light, Attachment, Platform Sutra, Big Mind, Light-and-Darkness, Karma,...
Dec 13 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Commentary on Poem in Section on Prajna

Serial: BZ-02010

Platform Sutra - Hui Neng, Rohatsu Day 7

Hui Neng, Darkness and Light, Attachment, Light-and-Darkness, Karma, Platform Sutra,...
Dec 13 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra: Irritation with Sesshin, helping vs. criticizing: Serial No. 01078

Serial: BZ-01078

Rohatsu Day 2, Side B

Nirvana Sutra, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Don...
Dec 08 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra: Irritation with Sesshin, helping vs. criticizing: Serial No. 01183

Serial: BZ-01183

Rohatsu Day 2, Side A

Transmission, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana Sutra, Dharma Transmission, Buddha Nature, Don...
Dec 08 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra of 6th Ancestor Hui Neng

Serial: BZ-02005

Irritation during sesshin/helping versus Criticizing, Rohatsu Day 2

Hui Neng, Transmission, Buddha Nature, Birth-and-Death, Nirvana Sutra, Dharma...
Dec 08 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Platform Sutra: Serial No. 01077

Serial: BZ-01077

Rohatsu Day 1, side B

Buddha Nature, Platform Sutra, Don't Know Mind, Lay, Buddha Ancestors, Evil,...
Dec 07 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

How Do We Take Care of the Rest of Our Lives?: Serial No. 01072

Zen Mind Beginner's Mind, Dragons, Politics, Practice Period, Bodhisattva Vow,...
Nov 08 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Traditional Zen Spirit: Zen Mind Beginner's Mind: Serial No. 01071

Zen Mind Beginner's Mind, Right Effort, Monkey Mind, Posture, Buddha Nature,...
Nov 01 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Traditional Zen Spirit

Right Effort, Monkey Mind, Posture, Buddha Nature, Karma, Practice Period, Teacher-...
Nov 01 2008

Seijiki

Serial: BZ-01070

Saturday Lecture

Seijiki, Karma, Greed, Happiness, Offering, American
Oct 25 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Twelve Links of Interdependent Co-Arising

Serial: BZ-01155A

Pratitya Samutpada, Teaching Retreat

Anger, Greed, Karma, Renunciation, Ego, Hindrances, Mindfulness, Emotions, Skandas,...
Aug 31 2008
Part 1 of 2
Berkeley Zen Center

Twelve Links as Conditioned By Delusion and True Minds

Serial: BZ-01156A

Twelve Links, Continued from morning session, Teaching Retreat

Dependent Origination, Dependent Origination, Karma, Mindfulness, Ego, Attachment,...
Aug 31 2008
Part 2 of 2
Berkeley Zen Center

Fath of Delusion

Serial: BZ-01154A

Teaching Retreat

Birth-and-Death, Mindfulness, Attachment, Buddha Mind, Karma, Four Noble Truths,...
Aug 30 2008
Part 2 of 2
Berkeley Zen Center

Blue Cliff Record: Case #80

Serial: BZ-01142B

Joshu's New-born Babe, Part II, Sesshin Day 4

Joshu, BCR-80, Big Mind, Discrimination, Ego, Karma, Non-discrimination, Buddha Mind...
Jun 21 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

June 20th, 2008, Serial No. 01141

Karma, Precepts, Karmic Consequences, Bodhisattva Vow, Vows, Separation, Dependent...
Jun 20 2008

Blue Cliff Record: Case #80

Serial: BZ-01140

Joshu's the New-born Babe Part I, Sesshin Day 2

Joshu, BCR-80, Emotions, Continuous, Birth-and-Death, Karma, Ego, Attachment,...
Jun 19 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

Changing Your Karma

Serial: BZ-01136

from "Not Always So" by Suzuki-roshi, Saturday Lecture

Suzuki Roshi, Karma, Karma, Nirvana Sutra, Practice Period, Offering, Meal Serving,...
May 31 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

May 16th, 2008, Serial No. 01132

Karma, Forgiveness, Interview, Hindrances, Family Practice, Light-and-Darkness, Anger...
May 16 2008

May 5th, 2008, Serial No. 01130

Confession-and-Repentance, Tassajara, Practice Period, Karma, Building, Repentance,...
May 05 2008

Overview of Practice Period

Serial: BZ-01127

Requirements - Intention - Commitment, Saturday Lecture

Practice Period, Intention, Practice Period, Commitment, Daily Life, Family Practice...
Apr 26 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

April 19th, 2008, Serial No. 01126

Karma, Right Speech, Soto Zen, Echo, Conversation, Culture, Peace, Cultivation, soto...
Apr 19 2008

April 12th, 2008, Serial No. 01125

Karma, Happiness, Describe
Apr 12 2008

Blue Cliff Record: Case #63

Serial: BZ-01113

Nansen Kills the Cat, Saturday Lecture

Nansen, BCR-63, Karmic Consequences, Karma, Buddha Nature, Silence, Forgiveness,...
Feb 09 2008
Berkeley Zen Center

November 24th, 2007, Serial No. 01097

Hsin Hsin Ming, Oneness, Ego, Peace, Karma, Addiction, Hate, Doubt, Subject-and-...
Nov 24 2007

2007.10.14-serial.00232

Death, Addiction, Sutra, Karma, Buddha Nature
Oct 14 2007

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