Understanding Kamma and Its Impact on Life Choices : หน้า 54/164
The Meeting with a Dhamma Master : หน้า 54/164 Explore the concept of Kamma and how intention influences our actions and decisions in life. Learn the importance of mindfulness and meditation.
Kamma refers to action with intention. It emphasizes the need for mindfulness in our actions and decisions, distinguishing between our external influences (kilesa) and our internal compassionate voice. True meditation counters negative energies and fosters positive energy creation. While Kamma influences our characteristics (50%), our choices are equally significant. Personal decisions in life, whether healthy or harmful, contribute to our current and future Kamma. Educators, therefore, must share a common mission to instill values like honesty and compassion, shaping students' outcomes positively. Common virtues advocate for a comprehensive educational approach encompassing all beings' well-being. For further insights, visit dmc.tv.
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-Kamma -Mindfulness -Intention in actions -Positive and negative energy -Role of meditation -Importance of education -Common virtues in character building -Free will and choice in life decisions
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"And what is Kamma? Kamma is action with intention. Am I always being mindful of what I am doing? Am I using my mind and listening to my mind? Am I listening to my outside voice or my inside voice? The external voice is one that is influenced by kilesa, because kilesa wants to draw us outside of ourselves. But our internal voice is one that is always compassionate, loving, kind, and one that would never hurt anyone or anything. This is the voice of peace and spiritual reasoning. If that voice dictates anything harmful to others, then it is not our internal voice we are listening to, but a voice that is hurtful or evil. And that is baap, negative energy that is being heard. But if we meditate, then kilesa has a tough time going inside. In true meditation, only boon is created, and therefore, people need to meditate every day in order to create good energy around them.
"Remember, of course, that each of us is body and mind. When we are born, Kamma is ‘attached’ to us; in other words, we have certain dispositions to a variety of characteristics. But we are not all ‘kamma’ if you know what I mean. About 50% is kamma, and the other 50% is given to choice. Perhaps for some, this is free-will, or where free-will plays its part. But in reality, this is where we make conscious decisions in our lives. We create this 50% ourselves! If we drink and smoke, or we spend all of our time and money gambling, or having indiscriminate sexual relationships, then that 50% we are creating is going to have a detrimental effect on us in this life and in our next life. But if we have compassion on others, and an optimistic view, and help others by doing good deeds, then we will not only have a better life this time by creating good energy, but we are storing up good energy for the next life, which, of course, we carry with us – that 50%.
"Because of this, when we teach, we are teaching all different people with all different types of kamma. And the teachers have their own kamma. That is why it is so important for everyone to have the same ‘mission’ in the educational process. We all have to come together on the same page, so to speak, and the teachers have to have a common view, a common goal. Everyone has to know that we have a common view on the common outcome.
"What kind of person do we want this young man or woman to be when they are finished their education with us? That is the question. When we find those common characteristics of honesty, integrity, compassion, mindfulness, and equanimity, we have a common outcome. (The four embracing virtues of friendliness, compassion, gladness with others in their good fortune and happiness, and equanimity extended to all beings in the six directions – the whole world of sentient existence. Kalama Sutta) Then we build a curriculum around those characteristics that will not only teach children the subject matter,"