In this session, we (Cristof and Sophia) talk about Karma and understanding how it affects our lives. We also share several ways of purifying past karma that we have learnt from listening to Venerable Robina Courtin. Video links in the blog post for more info on her teachings.

Life can throw us curve balls any minute. Like the milk rice burning on the stove or a stressful moment in a relationship or a neighbor giving us trouble for no apparent reason. Understanding karma helps us understand and deal with such situations in unconventional, yet surprisingly effective ways.

It’s always good to keep the basics in mind. Karma is a foundational principle of life, a natural law. Everything that we think, say, or do leaves an imprint in our mind. Like that, we create our future.

Life throws us curve balls left and right. Sometimes it is hard to make sense of it all. The law of karma helps us to understand, make sense of it all, and keep a calm and happy mind.

In today’s presentation, I will be sharing what I learnt in a two day online retreat over the past weekend. Venerable Robina Courtin was teaching a class in partnership with Shantideva Center in New York and they broadcast it live.

So in this presentation we will talk about Karma: the four ways that karma ripens, how present actions leave seeds in the mind that will ripen in the future as one’s experiences, and more.

Instant Karma? Like instant gratification and instant coffee? Almost. Read the article or watch the video to find out what I mean!

In today’s meditation class, we talk about the art of being at ease with not knowing.

In today’s meditation class, we talk about compassion and the pillars that support cultivating compassion in ourselves.