ARTICLE

FindCenter AddIcon

Buddhism and Karma Introduction to the Buddhist Understanding of Karma

By Barbara O'Brien — 2019

Karma is a word everyone knows, yet few in the West understand what it means. Westerners too often think it means "fate" or is some kind of cosmic justice system. This is not a Buddhist understanding of karma, however.

Read on www.learnreligions.com

FindCenter Post-Image
07:02

What Do Buddhists Believe Happens After Death?

Simply the mind continues, because as we’ve discussed in previous times, the mind is a stream of awareness which is not generated from physical causes.

Video
2019
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Karma

Karma has become a household word in the modern world, where it is associated with the belief in rebirth determined by one’s deeds in earlier lives. This belief was and is widespread in the Indian subcontinent as is the word “karma” itself.

Book
Johannes Bronkhorst
2011
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

The Future Is Open: Good Karma, Bad Karma, and Beyond Karma

Karma has become a popular term in the West, often connected with somewhat naive or deterministic ideas of rebirth and reincarnation or equated with views of morality and guilt. Chögyam Trungpa unpacks this intriguing but misunderstood topic.

Book
Chögyam Trungpa
2018
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Your Conscience: The Key to Unlock Limitless Wisdom and Creativity and Solve All of Life’s Challenges

The book offers a straightforward explanation of the four functions of the mind, according to the ancient wisdom of Yoga Science: the senses, ego, unconscious mind, and the Conscience. Readers are taught how—and why—to coordinate these four functions in order to live the joyful life we all long for.

Book
Leonard Perlmutter, Jenness Perlmutter
2021
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image
05:09

What Is the Difference Between Fate, Destiny and Karma?

In this video I want to talk briefly about 3 concepts that get interchanged frequently: Karma - Fate - Destiny

Video
2017
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image
30:31

Faith and the Fight Against Climate Change, Part 2

In a society increasingly driven by science and technology, world religions and the communities they inspire remain a vast and rock-solid political force.

Video
2020
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image
01:22:08

Introduction to Buddhism with Miles Neale

This two-part course addresses two major themes of Buddhism: individual liberation and social transformation.

Video
Miles Neale
2016
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Learning True Love: Practicing Buddhism in a Time of War

Learning True Love, the autobiography of Sister Chân Không, stands alongside the great spiritual autobiographies of our century. It tells the story of her spiritual and personal odyssey, both in her homeland and in exile.

Book
Sister Chan Khong
2025
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image
01:08:57

Jane Hirshfield, "A Branch of Yellow Leaves"

Full lecture title: "A Branch of Yellow Leaves: Buddhism, the World and Poetry"

Video
Jane Hirshfield
2019
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image
10:34

Overcoming Dharma Doubts: Three Strategies

Doubt in early Buddhism is something we need to overcome in order to make progress along the path. I'll look at doubt in this video, and provide three different strategies we can use that can help with them.

Video
2021
FindCenter AddIcon

EXPLORE TOPIC

Buddhism