Karma Transcript

actions and their consequenses.
Gehlek Rimpoche, 1991. revised edition, 2004.
An introduction to the concept of karma and how to deal with it in daily life.

Does karma leave any room for self-determination, or are we totally at the mercy of fate? Does personal responsibility exist, or is even that an illusion? These are questions rising when discussing karma.

Also in the West there has always been a notion of the interdependence of deeds and their results, reflected in some of our sayings:
As you sow, so shall you reap
Sow the wind and reap the whirlwind
Nobody pushes your button except you yourself.

Gehlek Rinpoche, using four different characteristics explains how the law of karma works within the individual. In that, the part that ego plays, and our habitual patterns are central issues, rendering the key to freedom from (pre)determination.

The theme is clarified by lovely stories from the Indian and Tibetan tradition.