Somebody is really sunk in a very deep depression and a lot of self-loathing. Is that an effect of karma? Is karma at play? There are multiple things going on. One factor might be karma. It could be in a previous life we harmed others and we made…

His Holiness the Dalai Lama says, “My religion is a kind heart.” He is pointing to something universal in all religions and he is pointing beyond the form or the theology into actual practice. While the actual practice may be based on…

The purpose of Thanksgiving is to be thankful for all the people and things we have in our lives. Yet our self-centred mind can sabotage this purpose when we think that people should thank us because we are so generous, so kind, so benevolent, so helpful, and…

Joyous effort, or enthusiasm as it is sometimes translated from the Tibetan term “sundro”, is important for our Dharma practice as well as our regular life practice. With joyous effort, the mind is in a good mood, is eager and ready to go, and…

We live amid this interconnected web of cause and effect in which we are experiencing the results of our previous actions, and at the same time creating the causes for our future experiences. If we can hold this view of how things work in…