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The future is open : good karma, bad karma, and beyond karma / Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche ; edited by Carolyn Rose Gimian.

by Trungpa, Chögyam, 1939-1987.

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Shambhala, 2018.

9781590309537 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Good karma, bad karma, and beyond karma

182 p. ; 182 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The birth of karma. Karma, compassion, and the dark age -- Karma and rebirth -- Volitional action -- Past, present, and future -- The painful reality of samsara. Karma, ego, and the Buddha nature -- The wheel of life -- The power of flickering thoughts -- Perpetually recreating suffering -- The future is open. Choiceless choice -- The path of meditation -- Cutting the root of samsara -- Auspicious coincidence -- CODA: Karma in everyday life: work, sex, and money.

Renowned meditation master Chögyam Trungpa challenges popular misconceptions of the Buddhist doctrines of karma and rebirth, in the process showing how to step beyond karma on the path to awakening. Karma has become a popular term in the West, often connected with somewhat naive or deterministic ideas of rebirth and reincarnation or equated with views of morality and guilt. Chögyam Trungpa unpacks this intriguing but misunderstood topic. He viewed an understanding of karma as good news, showing us that liberation is possible and that the future is never predetermined. His unique approach to presenting the Buddhist teachings lends itself to an insightful and profound view of karma, its cause and effects, and how to cut the root of karma itself." -- Publisher.

Gimian, Carolyn Rose.

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