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Karma and right action

By Katinka Hesselink - All Considering | November 18th, 2008

I find myself writing posts in reverse order: starting with the complicated stuff and ending with the basics. Today’s post is the basics, but it is in some ways also the hardest part of the doctrine of karma.
The doctrine of karma is in Biblical words ‘as you sow, so you will reap’. Contrary to what [...]

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Right Intentions or Right Actions …

By Katinka Hesselink - All Considering | October 31st, 2008

There is a lot of talk about intentions these days. ‘Intenders of the highest good’ and similar phrases. I’m not much of a fan of such talk. It’s much easier to ‘intend’ something, than it is to actually do it. The master says:
Put without delay your good intentions into practice, never leaving a single one [...]

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Intention and Karma

By Katinka Hesselink - All Considering | October 28th, 2008

The doctrine of karma is not as easy as ‘do good and you will receive good’. But it also doesn’t mean ‘think good thoughts and your will get a good life’. The truth is - it means both and neither. I’ll illustrate with the help of some quotes from the Buddha:
349. For a person tormented [...]

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