Series
In this retreat, Ken McLeod explores how reactive patterns—rigid, repetitive, mechanical processes—distort perception and reinforce the illusion of a separate self. “Once a pattern starts to run, you have no awareness,” he says. Beliefs, he adds, keep these patterns in place: “One of the effects of beliefs is they prevent you from seeing what actually is.”
Chapter 14 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
Karma explains everything and nothing Ken: Fourteenth class in the Then and Now series. January the 22nd, 2008. Tonight we look at the chapter on karma. I’m not sure where I saw this or heard about this, or if I saw this as some video on the web, but my friend and colleague, […]
Chapter 16 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] a good reason. Raquel: Yeah and actually I thought it wasn’t a good enough reason but … Ken: Okay. That’s very helpful. You may recall in the karma chapter of Wake Up To Your Life, we talk about the karma imperative or the pattern imperative. This is a very, very good example and I […]
Chapter 4 of “Karma: Awakening From Belief”
Reflections on karma practice Ken: Okay. I’d like to start by hearing from you something about your experience with this practice. Student: It’s like a concept that the karma is creating your own reality. It’s like your interpretation of things that I’ve heard for years, but finally having it make sense and gel for […]
Chapter 2 of “Anything is Possible”
[…] in these situations. And fast-forward a couple of thousand years to the Second World War in which we find the Japanese regarding themselves as the instruments of karma and inflicting a great deal of suffering on China and other countries, figuring they were just cleaning the world up. And this, to my mind, is […]
Chapter 1 of “Karma: Awakening From Belief”
[…] very well behaved, though. [Sighs] Well, the subject matter for our work together over the next few days we’ve called Awakening From Belief. And it’s really about karma. Now, karma’s one of those big Eastern concepts around which there is actually a great variety of interpretation. It means a lot of different things, and […]
Chapter 2 of “Karma: Awakening From Belief”
[…] and of itself. And that’s the essence of living without belief. That the activity itself is meaningful, it’s appropriate, it’s what needs to happen in the moment. Karma as evolution of action Ken: Now, the actual application gets a little more involved than that, and if we have the opportunity we’ll go into it. […]
Chapter 7 of “Buddhahood Without Meditation”
[…] this? For when you’re sweeping, you’re sweeping away all of the obscurations of your mind. And when you’re washing the dishes, you’re washing away all your impure karma. Everything you do becomes invested with meaning. This is the path of practice and tantra and the intent of it, of course, is to bring the […]
Chapter 1 of “Guru, Deity, Protector”
[…] that we move into, and so the deeper we move into our own experience, the more intimate our knowledge of the reactive emotions, kleshas, the process of karma, how actions actually evolve into experienced results, the wonderful dynamics of fixation on the self image—truly extraordinary. And the more intimately we know those in ourselves, […]
Chapter 15 of “Then and Now: A Commentary on The Jewel Ornament of Liberation”
[…] of the meditation and some idea of the issues or the facets of our psyche that it’s likely to bring up. This is our second evening on karma. And last time I did an introduction to this topic, a fairly general one. And one of the things I gave, three analogies to karma: god’s […]
Chapter 2 of “Living Awake: Making Things Happen”
[…] I want to focus very much on genesis and conditions. The key thing here is to distinguish between genesis and conditions. Now those of you familiar with karma as it’s usually taught in Buddhism, know very well that karma’s usually described as cause and effect. This has always struck me as very misleading and […]
Chapter 3 of “Karma: Awakening From Belief”
[…] sense of inside or outside, so you’re just present. [Pause] Okay? That’s the practice. And that’s something you can do anytime, anywhere. Good. Other questions. Roger? National karma Roger: I want to go back to something to do with karma. Ken: The topic of the day. Roger: Trungpa Rinpoche once talked about something I […]
Chapter 2 of “Mahayana Mind Training”
[…] the nineteenth century, and had a tremendous influence on the revitalization of Buddhism in eastern Tibet. And then in the following stanza it comes down through the Karma Kagyu and Shangpa lineage holders: Norbu Döndrub was Kalu Rinpoche’s teacher. Rangjung Kunchab is Kalu Rinpoche’s formal name; it means self-arising, all pervading. And so, down […]
Chapter 3 of “37 Practices in Four Parts”
[…] because you gotta make things better in your future lives, etc. So that’s why you’re meant to do good now, etc. And you’ve got the working of karma and all of this business. How many of you know that you’re going to live another life? Absolute for certain you’re going to live another life? […]
Chapter 5 of “37 Practices of a Bodhisattva”
[…] to actually see to it that he gets caught, so that he has an opportunity to reconsider his career choices, and doesn’t continue to incur more bad karma. It’s like aiding and abetting, and on an inner level— Ken: Such a Protestant attitude. [Laughter] Student: What if he got caught, and the people who […]
