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We are all equal
Explanation of the first three points of the nine-point meditation on equalizing self and others.
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How compassion can fall into empathic distress, or compassion fatigue, when our focus turns from…
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Meditation on empathic distress
A guided meditation on the difference between compassion and personal distress.
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Everyone wants happiness
Explanation of the nine-point equalizing self and other meditation, covering point 1, how everyone equally…
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Meditation on equanimity
An explanation of equanimity and its importance in developing bodhicitta including a guided meditation on…
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How wealth causes suffering and that it is better to strive for the wealth of…
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When overwhelmed by seeing suffering we may slip into personal distress. We can cultivate compassion…
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A guided meditation to help examine our experience of observing suffering and distinguish between responding…
View PostIsolation of body and mind
A review of verses 1-37 of Chapter 8, with discussion of the meaning and purpose…
View PostEquality of samsara and nirvana
Completing teaching from Chapter 12, explaining various meanings of "equality of samsara and nirvana" and…
View PostGiving up desire
How the cause of problems and pain is not the objects of attachment themselves, but…
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