The Laws of Karma, Part 1 - A Lama Marut Video Podcast

The Bhagavad Gita states, "No action in this world goes for naught, or brings about a contrary result." Actions of selflessness and altruism toward others can bring nothing other than goodness to you, and actions of selfishness and harm to others can bring nothing other than harm. Although these laws do not always seem evident, if we fail to assume the basic principles of karma our whole moral code begins to crumble.

This videocast is taken from a Diamond Mountain University course on the Bhagavad Gita taught in Tucson, Arizona, in the fall of 2007.

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[lobomeister]

@lobomeister selfless actions usually bear wanted results and, not unimportant, are sustainable. Selfish actions less often, for self defeating reasons, have wanted results and simply are not sustainable. If everybody robbed banks we wouldn't have drinks at all. So morality does not need to be based on an invisible law, but can simply be based on what is sustainable and loving. Now that is using the buddhi, but independently of buddhist dogma.

[lobomeister]

I have respect for many things you have said except for this. Of course the drink in the bahamas and the robbery are connected by cause and effect. What do you think paid for the drink, the five star hotel and the plane ticket? Simply stating that a selfless action always leads to good results and that if we don't believe that we don't have morality is not only childish it is also part of black and white thinking. It seems to me much more simple and this has nothing to do with any made up laws

[reverenceforall]

Both Christianity t and Islam teach about being good to others. If that pleases God then surely her blessings must follow. If blessings follow then these religions also teach karma. They just don't put it in terms of karma.

[yakmanok]

But Christianity and Islam does not teach Karma. They teach obedience to god and morality depends on pleasing god.

[spectrum1844]

thank u teacher