Karma, Rebirth and the belief in previous lives

Acharya Lama Sönam Rabgye will help us to gain a deeper understanding of karma and rebirth and we will examine how this relates to our practice and actions in daily life. We will also explore the question of how we can reconcile the teaching on emptiness with karma and rebirth.

Acharya Lama Sönam Rabgye Acharya Lama Sönam Rabgye · August 14, 2021
Current Status
Not Enrolled
Price
from € 52
Get Started

Acharya Lama Sönam Rabgye will help us to gain a deeper understanding of karma and rebirth and we will examine how this relates to our practice and actions in daily life.

There is often a misunderstanding about what karma really means. Many seem to think that karma is about being rewarded or punished in the next life. In Sanskrit, karma means “arbitrary act” or “deed”. Karma is a law of cause and effect, or an understanding that every act produces a result. If the effects of karma outlast a lifetime, it leads to rebirth.

If we correctly understand the “law” of karma or cause and effect, we will be able to see why previous and future lives are something beyond “believing in it” or not..

English with German translation.

Additional Texts used for daily practrice: PDF Download

About Instructor

Acharya Lama Sönam Rabgye

Acharya Lama Sönam Rabgye has been one of the resident lamas of Kamalashila Institute since 1999. He was born in Nepal and studied at Karma Shri Nalanda Monastic University in Rumtek/Sikkim, later teaching at Karma Lekshey Ling Monastery in Kathmandu. His most important teacher, with whom he took refuge and was ordained, was the 3rd Jamgön Kongtrul, Karma Chökyi Lodrö Senge. As part of his teaching activities, he visits Buddhist centers throughout Europe and supervises Kamalashila city groups. He is a competent teacher of Buddhist philosophy and the meditation practices of sutra, tantra and Mahamudra.

40 Courses

Not Enrolled
from € 52

Course Includes

  • 7 Lessons