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Geshe Dadul Namgyal Buddhahood depends on sentient beings
Reviewing Chapter 12, "The Mind and Its Potential", describing how Buddhas depends on sentient beings…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Transforming anxiety and depression in a rapidly cha...
Discussion of the source of anxiety and related emotions and some practical antidotes to counteract…
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The kindness of enemies
How those who harm us can help us overcome anger, resentment, and grudges.
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Rashika Stephens - Dec 3, 2022
Revoking anger’s “Get out of trouble free” card
Anger can make us impulsive, making us feel out of control. A simple meditation shows…
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Venerable Thubten Jampa Some thoughts on the practice of gratitude
As His Holiness the Dalai Lama reminds us, we become happier by becoming kinder.
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The kindness of others
Continued explanation of the nine-point meditation on equalizing self and others with the three points…
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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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Generosity of the heart
How to cultivate the four brahmaviharas or divine abodes of love, compassion, empathetic joy, and…
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Empathic distress
How compassion can fall into empathic distress, or compassion fatigue, when our focus turns from…
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Venerable Sangye Khadro 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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Compassion manifesting in skillful means
An article about compassion and skillful means as an expression of compassion published in Mindfulness.
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