Karma part 3

Last week we started looking at the meaning of Karma 
 We started by 
 Definition of Karma - 
 Actions and effects 
 The underlying principles of karma 
 
 mind does not end with the body 
 Actions leave potential in the mind - carried within our mind until conditions meet to ripen the potential 
 The three kind of actions/potentials/experiences 
 Our life is result of previous action(karma) (Designed by previous practitioner) 
 Karma as causality - why is this happening to me 
 Intention is at the heart of any action 
 
 Why is this happening to me 
 Indicating that we are looking for a cause - something prior to our present experience which can explain our present experience. 
 This idea is causality - by recognizing how a child asks - why?? we can appreciate how natural and ingrained into our way of thinking the belief that from this comes that. If this is happening something has had to happen before. 
 ideas about causality 
 Brief presentation of ideas - production from self other both and non 
 Introduction to virtue and non-virtue 
 In simple terms - all Buddhists assert production from other. That is to say - Buddhist understad that for something to take place now - something else must have happend sometime before. 
 We then ask what is the main cause of peace of mind?
And we explain this to be virtue.