ISSUE 02 | FEBRUARY 2020
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of the same nature, and
therefore form what happens to
us, to our personal reality.
So we reap what we sow. If I
plant eggplant seeds, I will get
eggplant, not cabbage.
Moreover, don't we say that
"kindness attracts kindness" and
that "violence attracts violence?"
Karma !
We wrongly believe that Karma
refers exclusively to the past,
but from moment to moment
we constantly create Karma: all
gestures, all words and all
thoughts produce it. There are
many kinds of karma, but there
are essentially two main
categories:
karma that creates suffering,
and karma that free us from
suffering.
For example, if I slander you or
give you a punch, these actions
create karma. when one speaks,
one produces karma, the sane
goes with what one thinks.
Silence is a good karma.
Karma is neither a
punishment nor a reward, it is
simply a gigantic cosmic
mirror that reflects back what
you "emit."
Karma is a very misunderstood
concept in the West, it is falsely
interpreted as a kind of
unchangeable destiny, a kind of
punishment or divine reward for
past actions.
It is a serious mistake to believe
that Karma is a fatality, because
each one of us can work to
improve our individual karma.
Please understand that from
moment to moment, our
thoughts, actions and words
change and transform our
karma. In other words, karma is
simply the memory of your life
and it represents your will, your
intentions, the kind of spirit you
have.
The Karma we produce "now"
will manifest itself in this life and
in future lives. If our karma is
"tainted" by something very
serious like rape, or murder, the
consequences can appear in
many lives if we do not purify our
karma. Similarly, what happens to
us in this life may be the result of
causes from our past lives.
One must constantly seek to
improve one's karma by making
good deeds and respecting the
Dharma. the goal is to finally get
free from the cycle of death and
birth (samsara) and reach the final
liberation.
Through the practice of Zazen
and hishiryo consciousness, it is
possible to purify our muddy
Karma are the ideal conditions for
non-production of karma.
What is Samsara?
We find in the heart of
Buddhism, Samsara, the cycle
of rebirth in which are prisoner
being who have not yet
achieved enlightenment or
supreme liberation.
Called commonly reincarnation in
the West, this cycle of conditioned
existences is without beginning
and perpetuated by the
accumulation of Karma, and ends