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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June 24th, 1995, Serial No. 00830, Side A Family Practice, Culture, Building, Karma, Practice Period, Funeral, Separation,... |
Jun 24 1995 |
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God/KarmaSerial: BZ-00977B Saturday Lecture Religion, Karma, Giving-and-Taking, Daily Life, Monastic Practice, Lotus Sutra, Big... |
Jun 03 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Six Taints of ZenSerial: BZ-00973A Saturday Lecture Aspects of Practice, Practice Period, Demons, Commitment, Ordination, Lay Practice,... |
Apr 29 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Master Hongzhi ContinuedSerial: BZ-00974B One-Day Sitting Hongzhi, Emotions, Silent Illumination, Daily Life, Enemies, confusion, resistance,... |
Apr 23 1995 Berkeley Zen Center |
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March 18th, 1995, Serial No. 00911, Side A Buddha Mind, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Mindfulness, Separation, Doubt, Karma,... |
Mar 18 1995 |
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March 16th, 1995, Serial No. 00764 Anger, Emotions, Happiness, Ego, Karma, Greed, Duality, Aspects of Practice, Enemies... |
Mar 16 1995 |
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1995.02.22-serial.00076 Hate, Suzuki Roshi, Repentance, Constancy, Sangha, Practice Period, Tassajara, Karma... |
Feb 22 1995 |
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January 26th, 1995, Serial No. 00759 Building, Tassajara, Manjushri, Lineage, New Year, Buddha Ancestors, Gratitude,... |
Jan 26 1995 |
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January 15th, 1995, Serial No. 00947, Side B Four Noble Truths, Patience, Karma, Impermanence, Doubt, Sangha, Fundraising,... |
Jan 15 1995 |
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December 17th, 1994, Serial No. 00948, Side A Bodhisattva Ceremony, Vows, Gratitude, Precepts, Buddha Nature, Karma, Demons,... |
Dec 17 1994 |
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Heart SutraSerial: BZ-00950A Rohatsu Day 6 Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Nirvana, causation, Subject-and-Object, Karma, Lotus... |
Dec 09 1994 Berkeley Zen Center |
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November 5th, 1994, Serial No. 00956, Side B Demons, Offering, Mahayana, Lotus Sutra, Aspects of Practice, Nirvana, Vows, Karma,... |
Nov 05 1994 |
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The Other Four ParamitasSerial: BZ-00936A Skillful Means, Spiritual Power, Aspiration, Knowledge, Sesshin Day 1 Paramitas, Skillful Means, Bodhisattva Vow, Karma, Four Noble Truths, Doubt, Vows,... |
Sep 03 1994 Berkeley Zen Center |
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July 23rd, 1994, Serial No. 00939, Side A Bodhisattva Ceremony, Silence, Birth-and-Death, Bell, Vows, Karma, Obstacles, Sangha... |
Jul 23 1994 |
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June 4th, 1994, Serial No. 00945, Side B Six Realms, Dependent Origination, Karma, Addiction, Bodhisattva Vow, Culture,... |
Jun 04 1994 |
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March 22nd, 1994, Serial No. 00551 Lotus Sutra, Birth-and-Death, Happiness, Soto Zen, Karmic Consciousness, Karma,... |
Mar 22 1994 |
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Madyamika/Yogachara Schools of Emptiness/SynthesisSerial: BZ-00964A Three Bodies of Buddha pt. II, Sesshin Day 2 Madyamika, Trikaya, Emptiness, Yogachara, Religion, Emotions, Karma, Sixth Patriarch... |
Mar 13 1994 Berkeley Zen Center |
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February 24th, 1994, Serial No. 00547 Evil, Repentance, Vows, Intuition, Liberation, Four Noble Truths, Karma, Don't... |
Feb 24 1994 |
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January 22nd, 1994, Serial No. 00981, Side A Karma, Big Mind, Posture, Hindrances, Don't Know Mind, Daily Life, Anger,... |
Jan 22 1994 |
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January 15th, 1994, Serial No. 00983, Side B Precepts, Daily Life, Mindfulness, Teacher-and-Student, confusion, Describe,... |
Jan 15 1994 |
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December 18th, 1993, Serial No. 00959, Side A Emotions, Mindfulness, Skandas, Four Foundations, Dependent Origination, New Year,... |
Dec 18 1993 |
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Segaki/HalloweenSerial: BZ-00659A Saturday Lecture Seijiki, Offering, Karma, Demons, Vows, Culture, Funeral, Sangha, Liberation,... |
Oct 30 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Zuigan's Wake Up CallSerial: BZ-00668A Saturday Lecture Zuigan, War, Greed, Daily Life, Oneness, Hate, Offering, Doubt, Anger, Karma, Ego... |
Jul 10 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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June 26th, 1993, Serial No. 00670, Side B Karma, Posture, Teacher-and-Student, Echo, Greed, Describe, Tassajara, Conversation,... |
Jun 26 1993 |
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Transmission of the LightSerial: SF-00041 Wednesday night teisho Birth-and-Death, Buddha Nature, Karmic Consequences, Karma, Attachment, Delusion,... |
May 26 1993 |
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Lay Ordination and Priest OrdinationSerial: BZ-00661A Sesshin Day 1 Ordination, Priest-and-Lay, Priest, Ordination, Lay, Lay Practice, Karma, Commitment... |
Mar 13 1993 Berkeley Zen Center |
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March 11th, 1993, Serial No. 00263 Four Noble Truths, Culture, Nirvana, Religion, Karma, Enthusiasm, Anger, Hindrances,... |
Mar 11 1993 |
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November 8th, 1992, Serial No. 00642, Side B Precepts, Karma, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Repentance, Vows, Renewal, Bell, Sangha, Hate... |
Nov 08 1992 |
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October 19th, 1992, Serial No. 01482 Dragons, Karma, Fox, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Repentance, Bodhisattva Vow, Vows, Doubt,... |
Oct 19 1992 |
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October 1st, 1992, Serial No. 00612 Anger, Precepts, Patience, Ordinary Mind, Enemies, Emotions, Dependent Origination,... |
Oct 01 1992 |
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August 15th, 1992, Serial No. 00634, Side A Manjushri, Building, Karma, Enthusiasm, Discrimination, Tassajara, Culture, training... |
Aug 15 1992 |
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June 28th, 1992, Serial No. 00630 Giving-and-Taking, Bodhidharma, Absolute-and-Relative, Dragons, stubbornness,... |
Jun 28 1992 |
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GenjokoanSerial: BZ-00709A Sesshin Day 1 Genjokoan, Duality, Birth-and-Death, Non-duality, Emotions, Practice Period,... |
Jun 24 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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May 28th, 1992, Serial No. 00606 Discrimination, Five Ranks, Subject-and-Object, Concentration, Ego, Buddha Nature,... |
May 28 1992 |
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May 21st, 1992, Serial No. 00607 Absolute-and-Relative, Lotus Sutra, Karma, Emotions, Daily Life, Darkness and Light,... |
May 21 1992 |
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After the King VerdictSerial: BZ-00712A Saturday Lecture Current Events, Karma, Culture, Peace, War, training, Offering, American, confusion,... |
May 02 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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The Death Penalty (discussion)Serial: BZ-00679B Saturday Lecture Current Events, Precepts, cognitive process, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Diversity, Priest... |
Apr 18 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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Shen Shu and Daikan Eno: Enlightenment PoemsSerial: BZ-00678B Relative and Ultimate Reality; Sudden and Gradual Enlight., Saturday Lecture Daikan Eno, Enlightenment, Sixth Patriarch, Four Noble Truths, Daily Life, Priest,... |
Mar 28 1992 Berkeley Zen Center |
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March 19th, 1992, Serial No. 00602 Bodhidharma, Lineage, Transmission, First Principle, Karma, Book of Serenity, Buddha... |
Mar 19 1992 |
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March 12th, 1992, Serial No. 00651 Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, Mahayana, Nirvana, Karma, Eight Awarenesses, Heart Sutra... |
Mar 12 1992 |
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January 30th, 1992, Serial No. 00280 Right Speech, Four Foundations, Bell, Precepts, Mindfulness, Right Effort, Karma,... |
Jan 30 1992 |
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January 23rd, 1992, Serial No. 00281 Four Noble Truths, Impermanence, Heart Sutra, Lay, Sangha, Karma, Buddha Mind,... |
Jan 23 1992 |
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Anticipation, Apprehension and FearSerial: BZ-00731B Rohatsu Day 3 Hindrances, Discrimination, Big Mind, Concentration, Posture, Karma, Ego, Attachment... |
Dec 15 1991 |
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December 12th, 1991, Serial No. 00283 Concentration, Liberation, Offering, Karma, confusion, Six Realms, American,... |
Dec 12 1991 |
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1991.12.10-serial.00287 Desire, Karma, Patience, Samsara, Buddha Nature |
Dec 10 1991 |
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Three Buddha Bodies; Eight ConsciousnessesSerial: BZ-00705B Rohatsu Day 1 Trikaya, Consciousness, Ego, Eight Aspects, Sixth Patriarch, Posture, Buddha Nature,... |
Dec 01 1991 Berkeley Zen Center |
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November 21st, 1991, Serial No. 00272 Soto Zen, Concentration, Liberation, Karma, Obstacles, Four Noble Truths, Commitment... |
Nov 21 1991 |