'All the evil Karma created by me from of old,
Out of beginningless greed, anger and delusion,
Committed with body, speech and thought,
Of all this I now make full and open repentance.'
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In this podcast:
- Introduction to some of the chants that are chanted in Zen Temples and monasteries and what they are about.
- How to understand the Repentance Sutra we must understand something about Karma and how the Buddha saw the existence of all beings.
- The connection with Karma to agrarian culture and why it is such a useful symbol.
- How the present is created by the past, just as the future is created by the present and why Karma is not Fate.
- Cycles of time as different to linear 'one-off' time.
- How intentional actions of body, speech and mind are the true agents because of the link to desire and grasping.
- The difference between repentance and guilt.
- It isn't enough to repent from unskilful actions.
