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Except for Gelug Prasangika > Chart for Understanding Karma
The Mechanism of Karma: The Mahayana Presentation,
Except for Gelug Prasangika
Berlin, Germany, March 9 - 11, 2001
Course transcript extensively revised, January 2004
Chart for Understanding Karma
| Impulse to Do, Say, or Think Something
(physical, verbal, or mental karma) |
Motivating Mental Framework
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| Action Itself (karmic force) |
Impulse to Start and to Continue the Action
(physical, verbal, or mental karma) |
Accompanying Mental Framework
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| After the Karmic Action: Karmic Aftermath |
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| Network of Karmic Force | Karmic Tendency | Karmic Constant Habit | ||
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Karmic Ripening in the Future
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| Until Liberation | Until Death after Liberation | Until Enlightenment | ||
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Experiencing Tainted Feelings |
Feeling like Repeating Past Karmic Actions | Experiencing Things Happening Similar to the Past | Experiencing Tainted Aggregates and a Tainted Environment | Constant Limited Cognition |
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