Based on negative emotions, we engage in actions (karma) of body, speech, and mind that give rise to suffering in our lives, just as planting a seed gives rise to fruit in the future.

In Buddhism, suffering is not seen as “punishment” for bad deeds, but simply a natural process of cause and effect. Deeds based on attachment, aggression and ignorance naturally give rise to suffering, while deeds based on a mind of non-attachment, non-aggression, and wisdom naturally bring happiness into our lives.

This process continues from one life to the next, through the process of Rebirth. Though the body ceases to exist at death, the mind continues into a future existence, and carries the seeds (which ultimately bear the fruits of practice) of karma into the next life.


This special weekend teaching by the Venerable Nyima Gyaltsen Rinpoche will discuss how the fruits of Buddhist practice are obtained.

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Tucson, Arizona 85749
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