Salomé Veder’s Reviews > No-Nonsense Buddhism for Beginners: Clear Answers to Burning Questions About Core Buddhist Teachings > Status Update

Something you do, not something you are...

Whoa.

Karma is not mysterious or hidden. It’s the action that’s taken, not the result.

The Buddhist teaching of nonself says that there is no permanent or fixed you – there’s only a complex web of inseparable, impermanent causes and effects..

Hmm, if I want money (just $$, fame and power--no thanks) so I can live comfortably and give my cats expensive pate for breakfast/lunch/dinner...is that still greedy of me???