Benefits of compassion
Benefits of compassion
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Cultivating Compassion 
Jul 27, 2013 Part of a series of teachings from the Power of Compassion Retreat, July 27-28, 2013.
- The benefits of cultivating compassion
- How to meditate to develop compassion towards all sentient beings
- Disadvantage of not cultivating compassion
- Compassion with ourselves and other sentient beings
Venerable Thubten Chodron
Venerable Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio.
