Karmic Correlations From Wheel of Knives

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KARMIC CORRELATIONS FROM THE WHEEL OF KNIVES

PROBLEM
Your body is stricken by some
unbearable sickness
You feel any kind of pain inside of
your own thoughts
You are tormented by feelings of
thirst and hunger
You suffer in the service of another
whose authority is more
You hear unpleasant words from
others
Things strike you as something
unpleasant
You find yourself without anyone
to help you, no friends of your own
Not a single spiritual kind of person
likes you in the least
You suddenly lose all that you need
to live on
You cant think clearly, and feel
depressed at heart
The things you try to accomplish
never seem to work out and you
feel upset to the core
No matter what you do, your Lama
never seems pleased
Everyone around you seems to
criticize your every move
As soon as you bring together a
group of people around you, they
begin to strive against one another
Those closest to you turn instead to
enemies
Serious sickness comes to you,
such as pneumonia, fevers of death,
cancer or water filling your limbs
You are stricken by migraines that
wrack your body

CAUSE
Doing harm to the bodies of other
people
Upsetting other people
Burdening others financially,
thieving, stealing, and failing to
share
Arrogance towards those who are
less than you and forcing others to
do your work
Mistakes youve made in different
things youve said, divisive talk and
such
Constantly seeing your world as
something less than totally pure
Leading away those who were close
to another
Giving up spiritual friends and
associating with people who have
no noble thoughts
Laying to waste the things that
others depend on to live
Leading others to constantly do bad
deeds
Obstructing the work of holy beings

ANTIDOTE
Take upon your own body all the
sickness that comes to anyone at all
Take on yourself the hurt that
others feel
Take on yourself the hunger and
thirst of others
Force your own body and life into
the service of others
Talk bad only about what you
yourself say thats wrong
Devote yourself to seeing things
only as purity
Never act in a way that makes
others lose the ones who are close
to them
Give up being close to people who
have no interest in the spiritual life
Find ways to supply for others the
things they need to live
Avoid ever being a reason for
others to do something wrong
Give up ever being a hindrance to
holy beings

Hypocrisy in your practice of the


Dharma
Not caring from your own side
whether youre good, or how what
you do affects others
Wishing ill on others, and splitting
people into sides

Try to be less insincere within your


spiritual life
Avoid doing any actions that are
inconsiderate

Hiding within yourself thoughts to


bring harm to others
Breaking the rules and sullying
yourself by the act of wrongly
using those things that were
supposed to be used for the Dharma
Doing those things that you pledged
never to do

Try to lessen your tendency of


planning to trip up others
Never do anything like stealing
object meant for Dharma use

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Never wish ill on others and only


do them well

Avoid every non-virtuous act

KARMIC CORRELATIONS FROM THE WHEEL OF KNIVES

You are, yourself, unable to


understand a single thing
You are overcome by sleepiness as
you try to do your spiritual
practices
Your own mind seems to enjoy the
mental afflictions within it, and
constantly wanders away
All the activities that you begin go
steadily down, then fail
All the attempts you make to honor
and offer to holy ones seem to go
awry
You are unable to seek the help of
the Triple Gem
You are attacked by worries, by
obstacles in your mind, and spirits
come to haunt you
You have to no place to stay, and
wander helplessly here and there
like a bear lost far form home
Disasters like frost or hail or
anything of the like appear
Your want for things is great, but
youre unable to pay for them
You look ugly to others, and those
around you insult you for it
No matter what you do you find
your peace of mind disturbed by
likes and dislikes
Whatever you undertake fails in the
aim youd hoped for
You practice Dharma as much as
you can, but still cannot control
your mind.
You second-guess your own
virtuous thoughts

Other people weave their wiles, and


totally mislead you

Following spiritual paths that are


better left behind
The karma of behaving in a way
toward the Dharma that block your
future understanding
Failing to think of the fact that
youll not be here long, and the
many other problems of this vicious
circle of life
Disregarding the laws of karma
itself, as well as the consequences
of the things you do
Putting your hopes in the negative
side of things

Spend your time in learning and the


rest, in pursuing perfect wisdom
Undertake any kind of hardship for
the sake of your spiritual life

Not believing in the Buddha, an


enlightened being
Doing wrong deeds toward Angels
and around the teachings of the
secret word
Forcing Lamas and such to leave
behind their homes

Place yourself only in the care of all


three of the Jewels
Stop all the negative thoughts that
wander throughout your mind all
day
Never drive someone from the
place they live

Failing to properly keep your


pledges and other such codes
Failing to give to others, and offer
to the Jewels
Making holy images without taking
the proper care, and letting anger
drive you into a state of turmoil
Allowing yourself to wallow in
negative states of mind

Keep your pledges and so on pure


and clean
Work hard to make offerings, and
to give
Craft holy images correct, and learn
to endure with patience

Holding in your heart a harmful


way of seeing things
Seeking ways to be important in a
worldly way

Whatever you do, do it for the sake


of others
Hope only for freedom, devoting
yourself to it

Failing to care for others feelings,


making friends with anyone you
meet, and pretending to be more
than you are
Thinking only of yourself, of pride,
and of hoping for recognition

Take great care in choosing those


you associate with

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Try to feel more tired of living here


in the cycle of pain

Try your best to collect good karma

Reject all negativity

Reject all feelings of you against


me

Dont let on to anyone all the


personal qualities that youve been
able to gain

KARMIC CORRELATIONS FROM THE WHEEL OF KNIVES

All the teaching and learning of


Dharma that you do has
degenerated into feelings of like
and dislike
All the things that youve done
right suddenly turn into something
wrong

Failing to consider deep within


your thoughts all the trouble the
demons can bring

Watch for things that can hurt your


practice and give up all of them

Repaying kindnesses that others


have done for you with the very
opposite

By your head with the utmost


respect, return each kindness
granted

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