Ven. Khangser Rinpoche to teach on Karma, the Law of Cause and Effect, at CKSL on December 21, 2008

Dec. 14, 2008 - PRLog -- On the anniversary  of remembering Je Tsongkhapa, a great Tibetan scholar and yogi, Khangser Rinpoche, a revered teacher from Sera Jey monastic university, will give a teaching on Karma.
Karma signifies ‘action’, followed by reaction, and more broadly names the Universal Principle of Cause and Effect, action and reaction that govern life. According to this Principle one’s own deeds, words and thoughts produce one’s propensity and failure, happiness and misery.
The idea of one’s responsibility for the circumstances in life is a part of almost every system of beliefs. Ancient Greeks had their Nemesis or goddess of retributive justice: they also personified past, present and future as the three Moirai, or Spinners of Destiny. The New Testament says: “Whatever a man soweth, that shall he also reap”.
We are the results of what we were and we will be the result of what we are. But at the same time karma is not pre-determinism, fatalism or accidentalism, as all these ideas lead to inaction and destroy motivation and human effort. These ideas undermine the important understanding that a human being can change for the better no matter what his or her past was.
Karma is continually ripening but it is also continually being generated by present actions, therefore it is possible to exercise free will to shape future karma.
"I am the owner of my karma. I inherit my karma. I am born of my karma. I am related to my karma. I live supported by my karma. Whatever karma I create, whether good or evil, that I shall inherit."
The day will start with the teaching and later there will be a puja for increasing prosperity.

The Program Schedule:
10:30 - 12:00 : Teaching on Karma, the Law of Cause and Effect
12:00 - 12:30 : Tea Break
12:30 - 13:30 : Puja for increasing prosperity.

Venue:
Ashwini, No. 24, First Floor, 3rd Main Street, Domlur Layout, Bangalore - 71 | Tel: 080 414 864 97

Contact Information:
Darima Daribazaron
Mob. +91 973 983 0797

Please visit the Choe Khor Sum Ling website www.cksl.in for more information on the Center’s activities.

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Choe Khor Sum Ling Center is a center for the study and practice of Mahayana Buddhism following the lineage and example of Lord Buddha. The Center, whose name means 'The Three Turnings of the Wheel of Dharma' was founded in 2003 by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the request of HH the XIVth Dalai Lama.

The Center offers courses in various Buddhist meditation techniques and teachings on the various aspects of the Graduated Path to Enlightenment. Teachings are offered free to the public and are conducted in English or in Tibetan (with translation in English). In addition to regular teachings every few weeks the Center invites senior Lamas to give talks on important aspects of the Buddhist path. Such talks are also accompanied by instructions and initiations by the Lama into different meditation practices.