It is important to see the destructive nature of emotions, how they harm the mind and body, in this way we become motivated to work on and transform the emotions.    According to Buddhism, we need to deal with disturbing emotions (delusions) with a skillful "middle way", as opposed to the two unskilful ways, the expression or suppression of emotions.  Expressing emotion (acting it out with family or friends) creates a situation that you need to fix with those you have acted out your emotion on. When you suppress emotions you are pushing negative emotions&nb ..read more

CONTEMPLATING SUFFERING When you create suffering potential within the mind, that potential can be purified, if it's not purified suffering will be experienced. If it's experienced in this life and becomes habitual behavior at the end of life the suffering will appear strongly in the mind and will be probable propelling karma into the hell realms. Conversely, if you are very kind during your life then kindness would be the propelling karma into heavenly realms. WHAT ARE HELL REALMS? Hell is an experience of the mind, there. A collective of beings who have created similar karma to s ..read more

DHARMA OR DRAMA? Building up our dharna practice Testing our practice Rejoicing in our dharma progress Appreciation of emptiness teachings SAMSARA TO NIRVANA Comprehending our ignorance Getting in touch with our suffering The antidote to suffering is wisdom Comprehending the emptiness of suffering THE SUPREME ANTIDOTE TO SUFFERING Comprehending dependent origination is the supreme antidote to the sensation of suffering that changes the way that we respond to samsara, "Dependent arising has a profound implication, it connotates that if one is not satisfied with the mere appearance of an o ..read more

The 12 Links of Dependent Arising Ignorance Compositional action Consciousness Name and form The 6 sources Contact Feeling Craving Grasping Existence Rebirth Ageing and death ..read more

RENUNCIATION Renunciation isn't related to the appearance of your surroundings. it is the self-cherishing state of mind that diminishes as your heart opens when walking on the Bodhisattva path accompanied by a deep understanding that all sentient beings deserve our compassion. THE SUFFERING OF PAIN The experience of unpleasant feelings, the manifest suffering which is easy to identify, such as pain in the body and emotional suffering. We need to be aware of the pain and suffering within samsara. THE SUFFERING OF CHANGE Suffering and its alleviation (happiness), both have the n ..read more

WHY THE BUDDHA TAUGHT SUFFERING FIRST Know the suffering then there is nothing more to know. Abandon the source then there is nothing more to abandon. Attain the cessation then there is nothing more to attain. Meditate on the path, then there's nothing more to meditate on. Suffering, its cause, cessation, and path are to be known, abandoned, attained, and practiced. THE EIGHT SUFFERINGS Suffering is related to Karma Each time we take rebirth we experience sufferings related to Birth Aging Sickness Death Meeting the unpleasant Separation from the pleasant Not getting what is desired The fiv ..read more

THE FOUR NOBLE TRUTHS WHEEL OF DHARMA SUTRA Each of the four noble truths has four parts, making up sixteen aspects of the four noble truths. True suffering has... Impermanence Misery Emptiness Selflessness True source has... Cause Source Strong production Condition True cessation has... Cessation Pacification Abundance Definite emergence True path has... Path Knowledge Achievement Deliverance HOW DO WE ACHIEVE LIBERATION FROM CYCLIC EXISTENCE? We achieve liberation from cyclic existence through realising the third and fourth noble truths, true cessation, and true path. Realising them ..read more

HOW DO WE ACHIEVE LIBERATION FROM CYCLIC EXISTENCE? We achieve liberation from cyclic existence through realising the third and fourth noble truths, true cessation, and true path. Realising them depends on first realising the first two truths, namely true suffering, and true source. You need to know true suffering to be the very nature of cycling existence and then you are motivated to escape ..read more

                                        Keeping a Karma Diary  positive negative  8 am     10 am 12 pm  2 pm  4 pm  6 pm  8 pm  Set a timer to remind you every two hours, to STOP. Pause in the midst of your busy life, and look back over the last two hours. What happened? Positive, then negative. Just a few words or a sentence. If you are monitori ..read more

Venerable Namgyel Offers Us Continued Guidance  On The Teachings Of Karma Covering... LYING Lying comprises of... The object - another person able to understand you The intention - discrimination, the unmistaken recognition of the content of the lie The motive - to fully intend to deceive somebody The delusion - attachment, anger, or jealousy. The action - speech or non speach actions causing others to believe something that may not be true The completion, the moment when someone understands and believes your lie DIVISIVE SPEECH Divisive speech is speech i ..read more