New Publications: Teaching the Causes and Results of Good and III

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Toh 354

ལེགས་ཉེས་ཀྱི་རྒྱུ་དང་འབྲས་བུ་བསྟན་པ།
Teaching the Causes and Results of Good and III

Teaching the Causes and Results of Good and Illdescribes karmic cause and effect. The discussion begins with Ānanda, who asks the Buddha why beings‍—particularly human beings‍—undergo such a wide range of experiences. The Buddha replies that one’s past actions, whether good or ill, bring about a variety of positive and negative experiences. To this effect, he offers numerous vivid examples in which results in this current lifetime parallel actions from a past life. Emphasis is placed on the object of one’s actions, such as the Saṅgha or the Three Jewels. The discourse concludes with the Buddha describing the benefits associated with the sūtra and listing its alternative titles, while the surrounding audience reaps a host of miraculous benefits.

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