ACI 5

HOW

KARMA

WORKS

with Rache Lim

Online Course
August 14 – November 13

If you want to make the most of your life and learn how you can master and easily overcome any obstacles to succeed in any endeavour or achieve your goals, it is crucial to understand thoroughly how karma works!

“We get a taste of how karma works. How our reality works. I’m super excited to walk this journey with you—to discover the crucial key to our happiness.”
— Rachel Lim

   ACI 5:   

 HOW 

KARMA
Works

We all deal with daily problems and think problems are the norm.  We are all searching for lasting happiness, but it seems elusive.  Does it have to be this way, though?  Is everything really just fate or accident, or is there a cause for everything that happens to me?
In our contemporary scientific society, we understand and can see the process of cause and effect in our external world—we know fire causes smoke and sprouts come from seeds. And so we try to create our happiness in the same way—by interacting with the external world.  We think our happiness comes from the objects we acquire and from trying to manipulate our environment.  Buddhism breaks away from thinking that the external world is the cause of real happiness.  Geshe Michael says, “You fix your life, your business, and your world by fixing yourself.”
This radical idea is accepted in all schools of Buddhism, from the lowest to the highest.  In order to attain real happiness, we cannot remain victims of our surroundings, so it is crucial to understand thoroughly how karma (the laws of cause and effect) works.  In this way, you alone can take control of your experiences in this life.
“We get a taste of how karma works. How our reality works. I’m super excited to walk this journey with you—to discover the crucial key to our happiness.”
— Quote Source

Topics include:

an overview of the Abhidharma text; the definition and nature of karma; good, bad and neutral karma; karma of body, speech, and mind; the definition of virtue and non-virtue; black and white deeds; projecting and finishing karma; karmic consequences; how karma is carried; how emptiness allows karma to function; karmic paths; the five immediate misdeeds; how to make a karmic result powerful; and the purification of karma.

Asian Classics Institute is pleased to offer ACI 5, How Karma Works, beginning August 14–November 13, 2025, taught by certified ACI teacher Rachel Lim. Join us to learn about the laws of cause and effect, and how you can build a happier, healthier life using them. The course is free and open to everyone.

Rache Lim

Rache started learning the 18 ACI Foundation Courses with her teacher, Sarahni Stumpf, in January, 2017, and completed them in June, 2021. 
She is the author of Top 10 Tips To Be A Top Student. All proceeds from sales of the book go to charity. 
Rache was born in Malaysia. She is a chartered accountant and a member of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants (MIA). She is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) in the UK, and a member of the Institute of Corporate Directors Malaysia (ICDM). Currently, she serves on the board of directors of a publicly listed company. 
Rache is known for her passionate interest in education. She started an education center in 2003. In 2012 she sold her business to spend more time on charity work. She later became the secretary of Befrienders Muar. 
With the wisdom she learned from her ACI courses and then put into practice, she saw miracles and transformation happening in her life. Grateful, she wants to give back, and so she embarked on her journey to share this gift of happiness with others.

🗓️ ACI 5 SCHEDULE:

ALL CLASSES AT 6:30 AM
(ARIZONA TIME)

Class 1 - April 30
Class 2 - May 2
Class 3 - May 7
Class 4 - May 9
Class 5 - May 14
Class 6 - May 16
Class 7 - May 21
Class 8 - May 23
Class 9 - May 28
Class 10 - May 30

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If you have ever wondered how you could become successful or happy, then ACI 5, How Karma Works, is where you will find answers from ancient scriptures. The course is based upon the Treasure House of Higher Knowledge (Abhidharma Kosha) by Master Vasubandhu (350 AD) as well as the commentary The Illumination of the Path to Freedom by His Holiness the first Dalai Lama (1391-1474). After completing the course, you will have a very good understanding of how to apply the laws of karma to help you improve your circumstances.