Purification Without Guilt

Friday Night Lecture

April 11th 7 – 8:15pm 

Buddha taught that all our past virtuous actions lead to happiness and all our past negative actions lead to suffering. Through engaging in purification we have the opportunity to overcome our negative actions (or karma) by sincerely applying the four opponent powers. In this Lecture, we will learn about these powers and how to use them to transform our daily activities into purification practice.  As we purify our mind of negativity we naturally become happier and experience better conditions.

On Tuesday April 15th, to celebrate Buddha’s Enlightenment Day, we engage in the practice of 1,000-armed Avalokiteshvara, called Drop of Essential Nectar.  It is a sublime meditation on love and compassion, and a deeply effective prayer for world peace.  This practice is very beneficial for purifying negative karma and for pacifying delusions. This Friday Night Lecture is a great way to prepare for this event.