The Four Thoughts - Karma

In this short teaching, Mingyur Rinpoche discusses the third of the four common foundational practices, also called the four thoughts. These practices help us understand our true nature and develop wisdom that can end suffering. They aid in seeing and ending our negative habitual patterns. When causes and conditions come together a result will follow. This is Karma, the third thought. You can discuss this teaching in the Monthly Teachings Forum under the topic The Four Thoughts - Karma.
This video includes caption subtitles in English, German, and Portuguese.
Video length: 7 Minutes
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[@shadabahmed4547]

"If you know you are going to die tomorrow, you will not worry about how famous you are, not about how much money you make, instead you look for what meaningful thing you have done in life " ❤️- best line

[@user-qw1pe8ke3z]

Beautiful Teaching Thanks Rinpochela. 🙏🙏🙏

[@Lachiquita0]

So grateful, thank you🙏🏻

[@podatus1098]

Thank you, Rinpoche! ❤️ 💎 🪷

[@Fascistbeast]

In the West talking or recognising death is often labeled as negative. Thankyou I needed this

[@VLDN96]

God bless everyone here with good health and a long life of 100 years

[@EliseoADA]

thanks god i found this videos. very powerfull

[@siddarth2599]

Thank you for clearly explaining this, it is a very complicated thing

[@shefalipparmar3458]

I am so greatful for your teachings ...my life is changing now...thank you

[@djdoubleu1]

I do not fear death, but I do fear the regret I would face at my deathbed if I didn't live a good and meaningful life and used and expanded my talents to the utmost and brought happiness to those around me.

[@dandart9890]

yes! same here!

[@CHANGUTHAKUR]

Me too!

[@takavaka758]

Same :)

[@kelsangk7769]

Its the same thing as fearing death.

[@beee8720]

Frr

[@qa8822]

I think the day we embrace suffering and happiness alike, we are enlightened.

[@LucyS2198]

Very empowering thank you ~

[@channelforgood9523]

Thank you Rimpoche you introduce me to buddhism in 2008 through one of your books. , a year later i switched to theravada. But i remember you as my first teacher. Thank you

[@janicepedroli7403]

I hope you will be pleased. The work has begun. Found ba duan jing class I can do found Tai chi plus Chinese tapping class I can do. Found tribal dance class I can do. Signing up for class with my favorite teacher. Chanting 3 times a day.. Fridays and weekends are hard I do all my house work and cooking then so I have the week to work. Thanks

[@editeisabelfaria2014]

Muito obrigada Mestre!

[@astc593]

Thank you for your wisdom.

[@greensundayyy]

Like is not enough... Huge of love!

[@romankohler2507]

Thank you very much !

[@edfreires7907]

Thank you.

[@TheSunnickey]

Thank you

[@richardcarew4708]

Master Rinpoche.. you are a brilliant light.. in the darkness of my mind.. it's taken a while to understand the continuity of lives.. not a philosophy or anything like what is taught in the religions I am familiar with.. it has to do with the very nature of the Universe. mind.. individuals... and the Universe itself stores and processes information.. this is about as far as I have gone along that path of investigation... looking forward to learning more, sir.. I am your most humble servant, sir 🙏Namaste 🙏✌☮🕊

[@richardcarew4708]

on the fear of death.. I have been very sick.. death sounds pretty good sometimes... just saying 😌

[@richardcarew4708]

I think I am going to shave my head and.. come sit and listen for a while... see what happens.. .. this is brand new territory for me

[@purandikalpana]

thanks for sharing good way of living

[@phurbulhamo2815]

Omg excellent thank you so much

[@martaeyore8234]

Thank You. " The mind never dies" Namaste.

[@jalajamenon8664]

Thank you Master🙏🙏🙏

[@moumous87]

1:39 😂 good that he clarified 😂

[@krisjesan222]

thank you so ooo much !

[@debbicitabonita]

Thanks 🙏 ❤️🙏

[@carlavela7106]

Gracias ♡♡♡

[@DidzYbanez]

Before I started my meditation practice, I was so scared of worms and a lot other crawling creatures... After sometime, I realized it was the fear of death that makes me so scared of them... As the fear of death continues to diminish, so as my fear of these creatures. Now I can hold worms and some other crawling creatures with my bare hands....

[@madrasapattinam]

Thanks Swamy 🌹🙏

[@jom.a.md.s.h.2206]

Namo Buddhay🙏🙏🙏

[@Raja2k7]

nice explanation..

[@greuser]

I think people are afraid of the process of dying, not the cessation of life. I don't know what can be done about this but I wish Rinpoche would touch on this.

[@YeshiWangmo-fg5kv]

🙏🙏🙏

[@karmamingyur1945]

❤️

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[@luckyanimalslover5157]

I m fearless

[@naychoresorthundernubra1615]

👍

[@davehconner]

I find great value in most of what I am hearing here, but when anyone describes what happens after death, I must ask how they can know about that.

[@christianmarquez3143]

David Conner I am wondering the same thing.

[@vons3040]

when you find the truth about life you will know what you wanted to know you knew all along

[@baberuthny3]

Noone knows what happens after death, even if they think they do. This is the buddhist theory of the afterlife which although may not be true, can help us lead better lives if we adopt the belied

[@hiranath1699]

David Conner This is a late answer and funny too that I’m replying you after three years, anyway, highly learned meditator lama or master can even tell you where the death person is reborn and which birth he or she took. I’ll tell you a real story, once there was a very high learned master in a village. Everyone knows he has many powers, he can make prophesy, he can make rainfall when people request him. Usually these types of master don’t do it, but for the benefit of people sometimes on their request they do it. So one day a man from another far away village and his family on his grandma’s death visited the lama to request him to say prayers for the deceased. After that they asked if the deceased has taken birth, lama replied Yes and then they asked did you know what kind of birth she took and where. Lama after some thinking, said, “She is reborn as a snake at your house, underneath the hearth”. They couldn’t believe it and asked, “but Rinpoche, our grandmother was a kind hearted woman, how can she be born as snake”, at that lama said, “although she is kind hearted, but when she was sick and lying on her bed, there was small covering or piece of cloth on a side by window that was flapping and making lots of noises. At that time nobody was there for a while, so she couldn’t get herself up to close the window. She felt anger and knowing no ones coming in she was frustrated more and was angrier. In that state she passed away, since the state of mind at the moment of death is crucial for next birth, due to her anger she born as a snake, but after that birth she will have better birth. Go and dismantle the hearth, you will find her there”. The master never seen their house before and the way he was describing everything, made them want to believe it. So when they reach at home. They broke the hearth and found the snake there. There are many stories like that.

[@michaelgusovsky]

There are some people who speculate about afterlife, that is true. But, there are also enlightened beings, such as shakyamuni Buddha, and padmasambhava, who are able to directly perceive beyond the veil of death, beyond time and space, and access knowledge that is not available to beings who are shrouded in the veil of samsara.

[@martaeyore8234]

Can you discuss the five aggregates because I am very interested in this topic and I want to understand better. Thank u

[@studentofspacetime]

Thank you so much. But why no video on the fourth thought?

[@hk-jb5xv]

Andrés Collinucci maybe that means we need to have “no thought”

[@user-vz6xg1kw8s]

@@hk-jb5xv nah, the fourth thought is suffering and he has some videos on suffering, they just aren't labelled as "The Four Thoughts"

[@lowtse8460]

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[@carlcrutchfield5094]

💕❤💕❤

[@neilk4636]

I would like to add that cause and condition are not seperate. They stick together.

[@sumit18281]

Sir, I have a problem in my breath meditation, when I m breathing should I just observe the breath with awareness or should I feel the breath with awareness, as the later tends to open my heart more, also there is a sense of tranquillity..thanks and regards

[@anshitchandra]

As long as you’re ‘aware’ , you’re doing just fine. The essence of meditation is awareness.

[@lekijamtsho4629]

Rinpoche i would be very happy if Rinpoche could tell me why many people who is nearing to die saying that they are getting fear when they are about to die ,and also i have seen my aunt when she is about to die she is telling my name and saying she is afraid with low voice, so i can't help then saying remember Guru Rinpoche which i have heard through others, so what we can do or tell for this kind of situation if there is no lama and all la.

[@sebastienroll3851]

Pourrai t on avoir dans chaque vidéo une traduction en Français ?

[@jaisinghbisht]

Rinpoche la 🙏 if this is how Karma works then why their is suffering everywhere ..everyone only desires peace and joy ..and do whatever is just for joy and happiness .. I want to question here is this that , suppose if a man drives drunk and give accedent to other person ..and then ok we say the drunk guy will get his karma in this life or next life ..but why the other guy suffer or face that so long time or whole life ?

[@GuitarCoverForMyself]

Where is the fourth thought?

[@rhmike4283]

Need to study christian believe

[@Bigasstbone]

Rinpoche how is it people cause so much suffering onto others for their own ego and benefits and live happy lives and don't suffer bad karma themselves? Please explain!

[@e.l.n214]

Id like to know this too

[@takavaka758]

They dont live happy lives They live ego lives and are not truly fullfilled and happy even if they think they are As he explained karma doesnt have to catch you up in this life, it might catch you up in the next life so you learn more from it I hope it helped you a bit :)

[@deepaksinghairy7885]

I don't fear death but i fear what will happen after death.

[@keithdavies3742]

How can we truly be enlightened by death before dying? No-one has ever come back to explain it! Surely we can only become enlightened by death once we are dead.

[@clevblue]

Keith Davies Z

[@zackknoll1615]

You just have to remember who you are.

[@omahhumvajragurupadmasiddhihum]

It's not that no one has come back to explain, it's that you don't know about it, and because of that, you assume they simply don't exist. Actually, there are many accounts of great meditators in the Tibetan tradition who went through the process of dying and came back, they are called "Once returner" or something of the like. They have greatly contributed to explaining the process of death. Others remembered all the process of dying after they became enlightened, since omniscience and remembering past lifetimes comes with it.

[@danielsn3248]

What happens if you hurt someone, but you didn't do it on purpose and you then regret hurting the other person? Does anyone know?

[@sherabthomey4418]

since you hurt someone without any bad intention or purpose than the negative karma is lesser degree than doing it with ill will or with a intention to hurt someone really, whether verbally, physically or mentally. example, when going for war the whole army has a intention to hurt or kill so the negative karma is same whether actually the solder has killed a enemy or not. hope that answer.

[@JasonGafar]

Daniel Noote if you hurt someone without ANY negative intention than no negative kamma ensues. This is where Buddhism differs from Jainism. In Jainism whether your motivation is harmful or pure isn't the issue but the action itself. In Buddhism it's entirely about the motivation. So, if you have harmed someone unintentionally, than no negative karma will come to you and you being sad and sharing that person's suffering will actually give you positive merit.

[@baberuthny3]

The "karma" is that it will weigh heavy on your conscious, however if it wasn't on purpose, do not blame yourself for it.

[@miguelmiller4116]

Having “lord of karma activity” mothership

[@kajimagar3488]

Dear Lama, karma is doing things by mind karma, bacchana (speaking) karma and Kaya karma.

[@janlappalainen]

A person might do good things in order to reap the rewards of good karma, or out of fear of the consequences of bad karma - this isn't freedom. So both sides of karma are a prison . Freedom would be freedom from the endless cycle of karma.

[@keneisl4950]

woah, you lost weight my friend...just watched a recent video.

[@SushilKumar_0001]

I don't believe in karma so how can I understand the meaning of life

[@sueloh5035]

Sushil Kumar Karma is like Newton's Third Law. To every action there is an opposite and equal reaction. Cause and effect. The bible also says Just as you sow, so shall you reap. You plant apples you don't get oranges. That is karma

[@delfinagioielli1311]

SORRY, BUT IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT GREED, I FEEL I AM NOT GOOD ENOUGH MOTHER, EVEN IF MY DAUGHTER TELLS ME I AM THE BEST. IT'S NOT JUST ALL ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID

[@redglazedeyez6652]

That is your negative self talk cycling in your subconscious. You can change it

[@amit-xu8ie]

What is samsara?🙄🤔 #mingyor rinpoche

[@tenzinsangpo2221]

Samsara is a sanskrit word. This means the life we are living in this moment, on earth as humans, with suffering.

[@amit-xu8ie]

@@tenzinsangpo2221 nope not at all samsara meaning sam = equally Sara= well understood Amm life must be equally N well understood I think so..

[@leedian5312]

natural death is good haha ok I got it XD

[@sugarwhite4006]

only dead people know the truth so if you're breathing you have no idea it's all opinions.