Lecture 3 Flashcards
what are the three things that taint actions
greed, hatred and delusion
what animal represents delusion and what is meant by delusion
pig = delusion/ignorance
not with minor things but with respect to his karma functions/how karma is a thing… fundamental believing is us to be independent of others (not seeing that our actions impact others)
what animal represents hatred/anger
snake
what animal represents greed/desire
rooster
where are the three animals representing greed delusion and hatred found
at the centre of the wheel of becoming
surrounding the 3 animal at the wheel of becoming is what
images depicting karma
what is the literal definition of karma
action
what can good karma lead to
really good situations (healthy body safe environment)
what is the popular usage of the term karma
thought as good/bad things happening, switched for the work ‘luck’
how is the buddhist term karma different than the westerner’s interpretation
a complex of interrelated ideas that embraces both ethics and rebirth, both intertwined with samsara
concerned with ethical implications of buddhism teachings, with world dimension of teachings and includes primarily the consequences of moral behaviour
is karma enforced by a diety
no, it is not a system of rewards and punishments to be handed out
how does karma work
understood as a natural process (like gravity)
depending on your intentions karma can be used in all kinds of ways
how are faciasts explained to have long lives in terms of karma
past lives they possible did do lots of goof actions but with intentions of gaining power/influence
explain the metaphor of karmic seeds (phala vipaka)
aka karmic results (phala = fruit, vipaka = ripening/maturation)
every action plants a seed and that seed doesn’t sprout right away, it hangs around but will eventually wiped (in some time or lifetimes) but the strength of ripening depends on a lot of factors
how you feel about an action after (regret) and intentions influence karma also the end result
is karma just physical
no it is all actions (thoughts, physical, speech)
doe sone bad action automatically give you net negative karma or bad karma
no,
compared negative actions to salt and mind to water= tablespoon of salt in a big ocean and you don’t taste a difference, but a tablespoon of salt with a drop of water is a big difference
something can happen to two people but they will experience it differently
buddha spoke of dark and light actions, is it the same for the reactions
can be mixed
define kusala (s) / kusala (P)
wholesome/skillful
motivated by non-attachments, not the 3 (hatred/delusion/green)
define akusala
unwholesome, unskillful
motivated by attachment/hatred/delusion
