Question: What about purification of karma, if it's in the subject?Ringu Tulku Rinpoche:
If it's in the subject. Everything is in the subject, [laughs] no? [Takes his time and seems to look inwardly for inspiration.] I think it is like this. The purification of the nagative karma...the strongest purification of karma is said to be wisdom. If you see the nature of the mind completely, then that's the strongest purification of karma.
The second is compassion. The stronger the compassion the stronger the purification of karma. This will come later on [in the teaching]. The practice of full poweres in order to purify the karma...realising the negative deeds as negative deeds and regretting it; trying to resolve not to repeat it again and again; doing any positive deeds; taking support in certain practices.
When we have a painful experience we also create more negative karma because we become angry, frustrated...when we are in a negative state of mind, a painful state of mind, we create negative karma. Tha's not really purification.
When we go through very difficult times or when we have negative things happening to us like illness, then sometimes it's used as a path, as a practice and saying, "This thing happening to me is my negative karma, I wish all the negative karma of everybody to come on top of this and all negative karma may be finished," using that thing happening to me to purify my karma...to dedicate that towards the purification. This has to be understood in a very clear way.
(Transcribed from Pointing out the Dharmakaya, a teaching by Ringu Tulku Rinpoche)
