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Karma: all of our actions and thoughts have inevitable results, both positive and negative, for better or for worse. Navigating our lives—and future rebirths—depends on understanding causality: how karma works. Understanding karma is crucial to reaching our goals, both material and spiritual. In class 6 we discuss: Strategic karmic management. The karma of Buddhahood. The two bodies of a Buddha. How to maximize virtuous karma. Video and class materials.

Karma: all of our actions and thoughts have inevitable results, both positive and negative, for better or for worse. Navigating our lives—and future rebirths—depends on understanding causality: how karma works. Understanding karma is crucial to reaching our goals, both material and spiritual. In class 5 we discuss: Virtuous, non-virtuous, and neutral karma. Four aspects of creating new karma. How to create powerful karmas—for better or worse. Mitigating the effects of non-virtuous karma. Video and class materials.

Karma: all of our actions and thoughts have inevitable results, both positive and negative, for better or for worse. Navigating our lives—and future rebirths—depends on understanding causality: how karma works. Understanding karma is crucial to reaching our goals, both material and spiritual. In class 4 we discuss: How karma is stored in the mind. How karmic causes are created, and how karmic results emerge. Comparing Mind-Only and Middle-Way schools description of karma.   Video and class materials.

Karma: all of our actions and thoughts have inevitable results, both positive and negative, for better or for worse. Navigating our lives—and future rebirths—depends on understanding causality: how karma works. Understanding karma is crucial to reaching our goals, both material and spiritual. In class 3 we discuss: When karma created in the present can ripen in the future The four different types of ripened results Karmic correlations—the types of ripened results that come from specific actions Video and class materials.

Karma: all of our actions and thoughts have inevitable results, both positive and negative, for better or for worse. Navigating our lives—and future rebirths—depends on understanding causality: how karma works. Understanding karma is crucial to reaching our goals, both material and spiritual. In class 2: Examine “old” karma and “new” karma. Explore virtuous, non-virtuous, and … Continue reading "How Karma Works part 2"

Karma: all of our actions and thoughts have inevitable results, both positive and negative, for better or for worse. Navigating our lives—and future rebirths—depends on understanding causality: how karma works. Understanding karma is crucial to reaching our goals, both material and spiritual. In class 1: we start looking at the Buddhist texts we’ll use as … Continue reading "How Karma Works part 1"

The Heart Sutra is the most recited, copied, and studied text in all schools of Mahayana Buddhism. It reviews the foundations of Buddhist philosophy while revealing the profound Perfection of Wisdom: the doctrine of emptiness. In this class series, we will study the Sutra in Sanskrit, discuss the key philosophical points of Buddhism, and reveal … Continue reading "Decoding the Heart Sutra — part 6"

The Heart Sutra is the most recited, copied, and studied text in all schools of Mahayana Buddhism. It reviews the foundations of Buddhist philosophy while revealing the profound Perfection of Wisdom: the doctrine of emptiness. In this class series, we will study the Sutra in Sanskrit, discuss the key philosophical points of Buddhism, and reveal … Continue reading "Decoding the Heart Sutra — part 5"

The Heart Sutra is the most recited, copied, and studied text in all schools of Mahayana Buddhism. It reviews the foundations of Buddhist philosophy while revealing the profound Perfection of Wisdom: the doctrine of emptiness. In this class series, we will study the Sutra in Sanskrit, discuss the key philosophical points of Buddhism, and reveal … Continue reading "Decoding the Heart Sutra — part 4"

The Heart Sutra is the most recited, copied, and studied text in all schools of Mahayana Buddhism. It reviews the foundations of Buddhist philosophy while revealing the profound Perfection of Wisdom: the doctrine of emptiness. In this class series, we will study the Sutra in Sanskrit, discuss the key philosophical points of Buddhism, and reveal … Continue reading "Decoding the Heart Sutra — part 3"

The Heart Sutra is the most recited, copied, and studied text in all schools of Mahayana Buddhism. It reviews the foundations of Buddhist philosophy while revealing the profound Perfection of Wisdom: the doctrine of emptiness. In this class series, we will study the Sutra in Sanskrit, discuss the key philosophical points of Buddhism, and reveal … Continue reading "Decoding the Heart Sutra — part 2"

The Heart Sutra is the most recited, copied, and studied text in all schools of Mahayana Buddhism. It reviews the foundations of Buddhist philosophy while revealing the profound Perfection of Wisdom: the doctrine of emptiness. In this class series, we will study the Sutra in Sanskrit, discuss the key philosophical points of Buddhism, and reveal … Continue reading "Decoding the Heart Sutra — part 1"

Principles of balancing the humors (Sanskrit: dośa, dosha). Using food and herbs for preventative medicine. How to balance yourself with common herbal teas. Taught by Mojohito Tchudi in Cambria, California on July, 29, 2018. To subscribe to the podcast of these recordings, put this link in your favorite podcast app: https://mojohito.com/feed/podcast/

How the five elements combine in living beings. Descriptions of the biological humors (Sanskrit: dośa, dosha). How to recognize the doshas as they manifest in life. Taught by Mojohito Tchudi in Cambria, California on July, 29, 2018. To subscribe to the podcast of these recordings, put this link in your favorite podcast app: https://mojohito.com/feed/podcast/

The five universal elements of nature. “Space” (Sanskrit: ākāśa) as field of consciousness. How solar energy drives life on Earth. Guided meditation on the interconnectedness of nature through the five elements. Taught by Mojohito Tchudi in Cambria, California on July, 29, 2018. To subscribe to the podcast of these recordings, put this link in your … Continue reading "Yogic Nutrition Part 1: The Five Great Elements of Nature"

Stages of herbal healing in Ayurveda. Defining rasayana, the path of soma, amrit, nectar. Entheogens, spiritual use of herbs. Defining adaptogen, improving vitality with herbs. Taught by Mojohito Tchudi in Cambria, California on July 30, 2017. To subscribe to the podcast of these recordings, put this link in your favorite podcast app: https://mojohito.com/feed/podcast/

Taking the first steps on the Buddhist path: refuge and ethics. Briefly review refuge in the Three Jewels: Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. Overview of causality. Material causes, immediate causes, causes vs. conditions. Relationship between karma and ethics. The power of formally vowing to live ethically. Two stages of vows: freedom vows and bodhisattva vows. Review … Continue reading "The Vows of Ethical Conduct"

Review materialist arguments for mind. Review Dharmakirti’s refutation. Review logical proof for past and future lives. How mind and matter co-exist. The twelve stages of how our mind creates our reality, beginning with ignorance, up to the cause of death and rebirth. Scare off half the class. Download Karma and the Mind handout Taught by … Continue reading "Karma and the Mind"

Discovering the cause of “mind”. Materialist arguments for mind. Buddhist arguments for mind. Defining a material cause,. Using deduction to prove past and future lives. Download the Proofs of Buddhahood handout Taught by Mojohito Tchudi in Chico, California on July 13th, 2017. To subscribe to the podcast of these recordings, put this link in your … Continue reading "Proof of Future Lives"

Reverse engineering enlightened beings with logic. What is meant by omniscience? How buddhas perceive space and time. Methods for determining that buddhas have valid perception all the time. Interpreting whether the Buddha meant something literally or figuratively. Flaws in the logic for determining the origin of the universe. The logical absurdity of a first cause … Continue reading "The Proofs of Buddhahood"