In this video extract, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains that everything comes from karma, so we can create suffering or happiness, enlightenment or hell.

An introductory teaching on karma given by Lama Yeshe, who explains that every action—positive or negative, good or bad—produces an appropriate result.

A strong understanding of karma gives energy to the mind and increases the fear of creating negative karma

When we practice thought training, experiencing problems becomes a cause for finishing the results of negative karma

Teachings on karma, excerpted from a lam-rim course led by Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Maitreya Instituut, Emst, in August 1990.

Excerpt from an edited compilation of Rinpoche's teachings on the subject of karma.