108 Verses on Compassion (2006-11)

Teachings on One Hundred and Eight Verses Praising Great Compassion called A Precious Crystal Rosary by Bhikshu Lobsang Tayang given during the Chenrezig retreats at Cloud Mountain Retreat Center and Sravasti Abbey from 2006-2011.

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108 Verses: Verses 1-6

How great compassion is central to the practice and guides the practitioners through the full path.

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108 Verses: Verse 7

Importance of deeply looking at our sufferings and developing the motivation to overcome them for oneself and for all others.

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Guided meditation on cyclic existence

Developing the aspiration to be free by examining the sufferings we have because of various conditions.

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Methods to cultivate compassion

Techniques to transform our mind from cherishing self to cherishing others for cultivating compassion.

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Discussion on kindness of others

Discussion on how we focus on self due to many factors and importance of caring about others.

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108 Verses: Verse 8

How understanding impermanence helps us view the true nature of self and develop a long term view of our actions.

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108 Verses: Verse 9

Generating compassion by seeing things as not inherently existing and changing how we act with an open mind.

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How things exist

How understanding things exist dependently provides us freedom to act without afflictions and cultivate compassion.

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Meditating on three types of compassion

Importance of persisting through hearing, thinking, and meditating until we see and feel how our mind works.

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108 Verses: Verses 1-6

How great compassion protects our minds from afflictions and guides us through the spiritual path.

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108 Verses: A bucket in a well

Comparing how we go from one birth to another repeatedly through an analogy of bucket in a well.

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