Improve Your Karma: Dedicate A Service

Karma, the law of cause and effect is produced by our actions. A cause is like throwing a stone in a pond. The ripples that radiate out are like the effect. You, standing on the shore, receive the results of this action. This is karma.

Good actions that benefit you as well as other people, give rise to happiness. Continual good actions accumulate positive potential so that good things happen to you in turn.

Bad actions that harm you or other people, give rise to suffering. Bad actions store up negative potential so that bad things happen to you in turn. If bad things happen to you, but you think you have been a good person, it could be bad karma carried over from a previous lifetime.

You can shift this by doing good deeds like dedicating a puja or service to someone in need, doing charity work, making offerings, and doing purification (making a pilgrimage to a holy place, doing a retreat, fasting, making confession).

A selfless act or a sacrifice results in strong merit. For example, giving your whole lunch to a homeless person is a stronger good action than giving them just an apple from your bag.

If nothing is moving in your life, it is an indication of neutral or stagnant karma. Good things will start happening in your life if you start doing good actions towards others. You only need to get the momentum going.

If you would like to request a puja be performed on behalf of a friend or family member, write your request to Lili at lightroads1@gmail.com

Lamas at Sherab Ling Monastery in Northern India will perform the puja. This monastery is the seat of Kenting Tai Situ Rinpoche XII.

Please include in your request the name, birth date, and illness or problem of the person in need, along with their picture.

You may make a donation to the Sherab Ling lamas here: