We have so much negative karma piled up like mountains in our mind stream. All our problems arise from this karma and it does nothing to deny it exists. We have to face our karma and then do something about it.
-Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Lama Zopa Rinpoche urges us to face the facts: our problems arise from our own karma. We must recognize it and then do something about it. It is not enough to feel regret, we must apply the treatment, the method that will antidote this poisonous karma piling up in our mind stream. Rinpoche gave these teachings on karma during a lamrim course at Maitreya Instituut, The Netherlands, in August 1990. You can follow along with the transcript on our website.