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How to clean our past karma?
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Do you guys know any practice to clean up our own past karma?
There are some references I found in Vajrayana practice but they are kept secret for the most part so I do not know!
There are some references I found in Vajrayana practice but they are kept secret for the most part so I do not know!
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From the jewel ornament of liberation a mahayana rather than vajrayana text:
b) Purifying Nonvirtues. GEnerally speaking, viture and nonvirtue depend entirely on one's mental motivation. The mind is the sovereign, and the body and speech are the servants. The Precious Jewel Garland says:
The mind precedes all dharmas, therefore the mind is called "sovereign".
Therefore, wehen the mind is ruled by the afflicting emotions of desire, aversion, and so forth, and the five heinous karmas or the five actions close to them or the ten nonvirtues are committed, vows and samaya are broken, and so forth; whether done by oneself, or by asking others to do it, or by rejoicing in others deeds, this called 'nonvirtue'. Not only that, even if you hear the precious dharma, contemplate and meditate on it, it is still a nonvirtue if the mind is overrun by afflicitng emotions of desire and aversion. The result of these is suffering. The Precious Jewel Garnland says:
Desire, aversion, ignorance,
And the karma created thereby are nonvirtues.
All sufferings come from nonvirtue,
As do the lower realms.
Engaging in the Conduct of a Bodhisattva says:
"How can I be surely freed
From unwholesomeness, the source of misery?"
Continually day and night
Should I only consider this.
Therefore, one should declare and purify all of one's nonvirtues. Is it definite that they can be purified by confession? Yes, very much so. The sutra of the Great Parinirvana says:
If one purifeies evil deeds through remorse and repairs them, they are purified as muddy water is cleaned by the touch of the water jewel or as the moon shines after being freed from the clouds.
And:
Therefore, if you feel remorse for evil deeds and
Confess without hiding, any amount will be purified
How should one purify? Purify through the doors of the four powers, evil deeds and their accumulation will be defeated by them. What are they? They are
1 the power of remorse
2 the power of antidote
3 the power of resolve
4 the power of reliance
1 a investigate the meaninglessness of nonvirtue
b investigate fear of its results
c investigate the need to be free quickly
The Householder Palgyin Requested Sutra says:
Parents, siblings, sons, wives,
Servants, wealth, and other relatives
Will not follow beyond death.
But one's deeds will follow.
And also:
When the time of great suffering has come,
My son and wife will not become refuges.
Suffering will be experienced by myself alone.
At that time, they will not take my share.
Engaging the Conduct of Bodhisattvas says:
Leaving all I must depart alone.
But through not having understood this
I committed various kinds of evil
For the sake of my friends and foes.
My foes will become nothing.
My friends will become nothing.
I too will become nothing.
Likewise all will become noting.
2 Power of Antidote
The Treasury of Thus gone One says:
Purify evil deeds by meditation on emptiness.
The Diamond Sutra says:
Reading the profound sutras purifies evil deeds.
The Discourse on Discipline says:
One who committed evil deeds
Can purify them with virtue and
RAdiate in this world
Like the sun and moon emerging from behind clouds
3 Power of resolve
Engaging the Conduct of Bodhisattvas says:
I beseech all the Guides of the World
To please accept my evils and wrongs,
Since these are not good,
In the future I shall do them no more.
Thus it is said:
One who lacks self-guidance
And later possesses mindfulness
Is like a radiatn moon being freed from the clouds
For example, Nanda, Angulimala, Ajatashatru, and Udayana.
4 Power of reliance
The Sutra of Great Parinirvana says:
By taking refuge in the Triple Gem,
One will achieve the state of fearlessness.
Egaging in the Conduct of a Bodhisattva says:
Like entrusting myself to a brave man when greatly afraid
By entrusting myself to this [Awakened Mind] I shall be swiftly liberated
Even if I have committed extremely unbearable evils.
Why then do the conscientious not devote themselves to this?
Well said.
Thank you for suggesting this. I am about to go do housework, so I will put it into practice!
then from clear mind see what is right and wrong.
moment to moment watch your thinking with full awareness.
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