Dharma Wheel

I'm fairly certain that it's your accumulated karma prior to the time of death that most influences your future birth; so from my understanding a few bad thoughts will not necessarily drastically change the direction of your rebirth; a few bad thoughts do not suddenly cancel out your good karma and ...

I had a dream a few months ago that I was hanging out with a group of Buddhist practitioners who had really good energy and in the dream I was trying to follow all the dharma rules religiously. One of the other group members laughed and said "you're not becoming one of those Buddhists now, are you?"...

There is a great youtube channel called "Being Integrated" that I wanted to pass on to those who may not have seen it. The developer of the channel, Jude, is a counselor by trade and teaches primarily mindfulness and vipassana meditation, as well as Buddhist psychology: https://www.youtube.com/c/Bei...

Here is a brief excerpt from the book Ultimate Healing, by Lama Zopa. I am posting this because I found the information contained in this passage particularly helpful. "While some people can be healed by drinking blessed water or taking other blessed substances, doing meditation, reciting mantras, o...

Having a regular mindfulness practice is very helpful for training the mind. Also, having a "deathing" practice can be useful. In Reshad Feild's book "Here to Heal", he describes several mind training exercises designed to rejuvenate and calm the mind. He calls them "rejuvenation exercises" I found ...

Have you checked out Doug Smith's youtube videos? https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPIyEJzvW7SsbiIrooixjNA His teachings are centered on Early Buddhism. He runs the Online Dharma Insitute. He is a contributor to the Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies and the Oxford Handbook of Buddhis...

"Beyul: The Sacred Hidden Valleys" I just found this short documentary on the Khumbu valley, which is one of many Beyuls, or sacred valleys of the Himalayas. It's an uplifting documentary, and it makes me want to tell other about the place so they can experience the peace and sacred energy of that a...

Here's another passage: "The narrative of the unworthy one is deeply embedded and spans multiple levels: cognitive, emotional, neurobiological, somatic, and behavioral. In addition to these conventional levels of experience, there are also vast implications at the spiritual, or transpersonal, level ...

I've been following Doug Smith's videos for a few months on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPIyEJzvW7SsbiIrooixjNA Though he is mainly grounded in early tradition Buddhism (Theravada), I think he is a good teacher for anyone interested in learning more about some of the fundamentals of Bu...

I really enjoyed Matt Licata's new book "A Healing Space". If you are in the process of doing shadow work, this book may become a faithful companion. This is a passage from Matt Licata's book [this passage is under the section titled "The Unique Nature of Spiritual Discovery"]: "It is important to r...

Thank you PeterC for chipping in as well!! I know of an acquataince who specifically goes to haunted areas to offer Sur Offering, he's not initated as well, but I guess to be cautious after hearing what everyone have said here, I willl not go to anywhere new to do Sur Offering I know of a friend of...

Here is a Garchen Rinpoche recording of the Ushnisha Vijaya Dharani (Namgyalma Long mantra):

Thank you.

A woman was killed in an ATV accident near my house. Her name is Tanya Hendry. The ATV she was riding went over a sea cliff.

This is really good. Thank you.

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At the time of the Buddha, a practitioner tried to perform a lot of good deeds on a particular day and nine bad things happened to him. However, the following day, the 24 hours immediately following nine bad omens day is an auspicious time and a day when 10 good omens happened to the same practition...

I was thinking that making the prayers asking for something may create a debt, but that might not be so.

Some kind of energy that will have to be paid back in one form or another.

Let's say you are praying to a deity for help in selling something to pay for an important project that will benefit others. If you pray for help in getting the items sold, does that create a karmic debt?