…∴… Special events with Bhikkhuni Karma Lekshe Tsomo ‘Compassion and Social Justice‘ Monday 27th July (Ekkamai) ‘The Simple Life – Monasticism in a World of Consumers‘ Thursday 30th (Ariyasom) Overview: One of our regular and most appreciated guest speakers returns for a few days. Karma Lekshe is a Bhikkhuni (ordained nun) in the Tibetan Lineage. Her Biography …
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Before your head splits into seven pieces
Pu came to the temple wanting to make some offerings. She had a ubiquitous yellow bucket. she was well dressed and in her mid 30s. If you want to know, at the time, she owned a small book business. In the temple she kept asking about Karma. – We always know something is up when …
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Cause and Karma Effect – Three evening teaching on the Law of Karma, with Caru Dassini
⋅⋅ ‘Cause and Karma Effect’ Three evening special, with Sayalai Caru Dassini at Ariyasom Villa, Sukhumvit Soi 1 Overview We host one of our regular visiting teachers from Myanmar – Sayalai Caru Dassini for a three evening special on the topic of Karma. She has excellent English and is both a scholar and meditation teacher. …
Karmic intervention
Is this luck (and good or bad luck?), is it Karma, is it divine/non-divine intervention? American woman wins lottery for a fourth time An American woman has been named the luckiest lottery winner in the world after scooping her fourth multi million pound jackpot Joan Ginther won £6.2m with the top prize from a scratch …
Can Karma be Explained?
Thursday 10th Nov 2008 we enjoyed a dhamma talk by Thai monk and clear thinker Phra Bhasakorn. The topic was Karma, a subject he has written a lively little handbook on in English. Was Karma Explained? Karma is probably the most slippery of all the topics in Buddhism. The Buddha himself taught that even the arahants, those with …
Notes on Karma
Notes for the final talk at Wat Yannawa 2008. Topic : Karma Sanskrit = Karma Pali = kamma But the word kama (with a long ‘a’ sound) means sense desire – usually referring to lust. This is where we get the sexual ‘kama sutra’ from. Kamma is one of those topics in Buddhism that attracts …