The Winning Life

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The Winning Life

• An Introduction to Buddhist Practice

The Process
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Eternity of Life
Everything weve done until this moment adds up
to who we are. This is the law of cause and
effect in action, this is Karma.
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Eternity of Life
Karma is like a bank for our thoughts, deeds, and
actions (causes) until, when our lives meet the
right environmental conditions, we experience the
results (effect).
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Eternity of Life
So when we are reborn, we still face the same
problems or karma from causes we have made. This
goes a long way to explaining why people are born
under such different circumstances -- in other
words, why people have different karma.
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Eternity of Life
This principle of cause and effect suggests we
can change our karma or destiny that we may have
thought unchangeable. This is the great hope and
promise offered by Buddhist practice.
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The Oneness of Life and Its Environment
The effects of ones karma, both good and bad,
manifest themselves both in ones self and in the
environment, because these are two integral
phases of the same entity.