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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November 30th, 2000, Serial No. 00486 Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Nirvana, Hate, Samsara, Darkness and Light, Six... |
Nov 30 2000 |
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Saturday Lecture Letting Go, Karma, Gratitude, Faith, Happiness, Buddha Nature, Tassajara, Cultivation... |
Nov 25 2000 City Center |
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November 16th, 2000, Serial No. 00487 Birth-and-Death, Continuous, Duality, Oneness, Karma, Sixth Patriarch, Emotions, Ego... |
Nov 16 2000 |
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Genjo KoanSerial: SF-00117 Workshop Karma, Five Ranks, soto, Dharma Transmission, true dharma, Transmission, Politics,... |
Nov 04 2000 1 of 4 City Center |
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Rules for Being Human--Opening of Practice PeriodSerial: BZ-00122A One-Day Sitting Obstacles, Karma, Enthusiasm, Vows, Don't Know Mind, confusion, Hate, Offering,... |
Oct 29 2000 Berkeley Zen Center |
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October 14th, 2000, Serial No. 00918 Offering, Attachment, Mindfulness, Liberation, Karma, Sixth Patriarch, Passions,... |
Oct 14 2000 |
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October 7th, 2000, Serial No. 00916 Anger, Karma, Attachment, Nirvana, Liberation, Obstacles, Four Noble Truths, Vows,... |
Oct 07 2000 |
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September 30th, 2000, Serial No. 00920 Karma, Offering, Lotus Sutra, Renunciation, Bodhisattva Vow, Skandas, Liberation,... |
Sep 30 2000 |
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September 23rd, 2000, Serial No. 00917 Offering, Attachment, Passions, Anger, Karma, Nirvana, Nirvana Sutra, Impermanence,... |
Sep 23 2000 |
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Sunday Lecture Four Noble Truths, Right Effort, Greed, Attachment, Bodhidharma, Karma, Triple... |
Sep 17 2000 Green Gulch |
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Sunday Lecture Fox, causation, Karma, Nirvana, Soto Zen, Funeral, Heart Sutra, Emptiness, Ceremony,... |
Sep 10 2000 Green Gulch |
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Codependent Chain of Origination: Why We SitSerial: BZ-00082B Sesshin Day 2 Dependent Origination, Zazen, Dependent Origination, Birth-and-Death, Attachment, Ego... |
Sep 03 2000 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Sunday Lecture Dependent Origination, Karma, causation, Happiness, Nirvana, Concentration,... |
Jun 18 2000 Green Gulch |
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One-day Sitting Lecture Karma, Posture, Zendo, Happiness, Daily Life, Birth-and-Death, Letting Go, Tassajara... |
Jun 17 2000 Green Gulch |
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Surangama Sutra Class Emptiness, Manjushri, Karma, Impermanence, Emotions, Nirvana, Lotus Sutra, Religion,... |
May 30 2000 Green Gulch |
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Surangama Sutra Class Emptiness, Blue Cliff Record, Intimacy, Don't Know Mind, Silence, Karma,... |
May 23 2000 Green Gulch |
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May 4th, 2000, Serial No. 00856 Right Speech, Right Effort, Four Noble Truths, Renunciation, Non-violence,... |
May 04 2000 |
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Surangama Sutra Class Precepts, Don't Know Mind, Commitment, Ceremony, Birth-and-Death, Ordination,... |
May 02 2000 Green Gulch |
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April 27th, 2000, Serial No. 00857 Four Noble Truths, Dependent Origination, resistance, Attachment, Renunciation, War,... |
Apr 27 2000 |
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April 20th, 2000, Serial No. 00858 Dependent Origination, Two Truths, Four Noble Truths, War, Sixth Patriarch,... |
Apr 20 2000 |
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Sesshin Lecture Six Realms, Practice Period, Karma, Suzuki Roshi, Triple Treasure, Buddha Mind,... |
Apr 15 2000 Green Gulch |
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Sesshin Lecture Precepts, Karma, Don't Know Mind, Confession-and-Repentance, Repentance,... |
Apr 14 2000 Green Gulch |
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April 12th, 2000, Serial No. 04027 Right Speech, Karma, Freedom, Sangha, Conversation, Precepts |
Apr 12 2000 City Center |
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April 1st, 2000, Serial No. 04026 Emptiness, Two Truths, Separation, Doubt, Non-duality, Zendo, Karma, Faith,... |
Apr 01 2000 City Center |
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March 9th, 2000, Serial No. 00932 Lotus Sutra, Dream World, Doubt, Buddha Ancestors, Emotions, Impermanence, Karma,... |
Mar 09 2000 |
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Fukanzazengi ClassSerial: SF-03652 Monday Class Instruction, Book of Serenity, realization, Mahayana, Posture, Balance, Karma, Faith... |
Mar 06 2000 Green Gulch |
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February 3rd, 2000, Serial No. 00926 Buddha Ancestors, Buddha Nature, Bodhidharma, Karma, Transmission, Teacher-and-... |
Feb 03 2000 |
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January Practice Period Karma, Dragons, Nirvana, Chanting, New Year, Instruction, Zendo, Faith, Sangha,... |
Jan 08 2000 Green Gulch |
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2000.01.02-serial.00033Serial: SF-00033 Sunday dharma talk. Dragons, Faith, New Year, Doubt, Mahayana, practicing generosity, Karma, Four Noble... |
Jan 02 2000 |
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December 7th, 1999, Serial No. 03951 Letting Go, Emptiness, Zazen, Mindfulness, Karma, Faith, soto, Chanting, Lineage,... |
Dec 07 1999 City Center |
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November 25th, 1999, Serial No. 01548 Five Ranks, Big Mind, Culture, Observe, Duality, Buddha Nature, Karma, Patience,... |
Nov 25 1999 |
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October 28th, 1999, Serial No. 00930 Precious Mirror, Karma, Big Mind, confusion, Buddha Nature, Five Ranks, Harmonizing,... |
Oct 28 1999 |
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October 28th, 1999, Serial No. 01545 Precious Mirror, Big Mind, Karma, confusion, Ego, Five Ranks, Harmonizing, Absolute-... |
Oct 28 1999 |
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September 4th, 1999, Serial No. 00193, Side B Dependent Origination, Attachment, Mindfulness, Heart Sutra, Liberation, Four Noble... |
Sep 04 1999 |
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I Vow to Save All Sentient BeingsSerial: BZ-00191A Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva Vow, Vows, Four Noble Truths, Evil, Karma, Repentance, confusion, true... |
Jul 31 1999 Berkeley Zen Center |
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July 24th, 1999, Serial No. 00157, Side A Conversation, Building, Peace, Anger, Karma, Ego, Intimacy, Passions, Evil, Bell... |
Jul 24 1999 |
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1999.05.09-serial.00051 Sangha, Zendo, Karma, Gratitude, Bowing |
May 09 1999 |
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Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo -- The Sutra ExplicatedSerial: BZ-00074B One-Day Sitting Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Continuous, Bell, Absolute-and-... |
May 02 1999 Berkeley Zen Center |
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RomanceSerial: SF-03244 Sunday Lecture Commitment, Emptiness, Impermanence, Ego, Karma, Intimacy, Birth-and-Death, Buddha... |
Mar 28 1999 Green Gulch |
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1999.03.21-serial.00032Serial: SF-00032 Sunday talk. Buddha Nature, Karma, Monkey Mind, Daily Life, Buddha Mind, causation, Sangha,... |
Mar 21 1999 |
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Three Kinds of NirvanaSerial: BZ-00079 Saturday Lecture Nirvana, Nirvana, Eight Awarenesses, Birth-and-Death, Karma, Greed, Happiness, Peace... |
Feb 20 1999 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Shuso TalkSerial: SF-01040 Wednesday Lecture #shuso-talk Karma, Priest, Buddha Nature, Practice Period, Tassajara, Suzuki Roshi, Doubt, Bowing... |
Jan 27 1999 City Center |
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December 2nd, 1998, Serial No. 00184, Side A Vows, Birth-and-Death, Doubt, Obstacles, Karma, Transmission, Bell, Repentance,... |
Dec 02 1998 |
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November 12th, 1998, Serial No. 00838 Happiness, Intimacy, Equanimity, Instruction, New Year, Obstacles, Don't Know... |
Nov 12 1998 |
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Sunday Lecture Anger, Book of Serenity, Karma, Precepts, Evil, Duality, Emptiness, Offering, Fasting... |
Oct 04 1998 Green Gulch |
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Saturday Lecture Oneness, Practice Period, Emptiness, Karma, Daily Life, Separation, Suzuki Roshi,... |
Sep 26 1998 City Center |
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Shodoka:Song of Enlightenment (Pt.1)Serial: BZ-00436B Sesshin Day 1 Shodoka, Enlightenment, Buddha Nature, Happiness, Karma, Equanimity, Subject-and-... |
Sep 05 1998 Berkeley Zen Center |
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August 8th, 1998, Serial No. 00355, Side A Gratitude, Karma, Hate, Culture, Renewal, American, Humility, Interdependence,... |
Aug 08 1998 |
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July 25th, 1998, Serial No. 00354, Side A Big Mind, Lay, Soto Zen, Peace, Greed, confusion, Vows, Doubt, Karma, soto |
Jul 25 1998 |
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July 11th, 1998, Serial No. 00353, Side A Sanctuary, Chanting, Mindfulness, Book of Serenity, Daily Life, Practice Period,... |
Jul 11 1998 |