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'Karma' is actually quite a simple idea. It means 'action'. The implication is willed, intentional , action. This is often confused with karma-vipaka, which means the result or results of action. Lit… (View Post)
' Indifference ' is an appallingly misleading translation of any term found in Buddhist teachings, whether from the Pali or Sanskrit. What is probably being translated is the word 'upekkha' ( Pali ) … (View Post)
Contemplation of death is an important practice in all schools of Buddhism @dharmamom. It goes back to the Buddha himself who recommended cemetery contemplation. As I said earlier in the thread if yo… (View Post)
At the heart of the Buddhadasa view is the idea of time as one more product of D.O. rather than as the field and ground in which D.O. takes place. He says ' When the Buddha spoke about the Unborn, Un… (View Post)