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Review of Chapter Six: Verses 1-11
The disadvantages of anger, and how to keep the mind from getting angry by protecting…
View PostBuddhahood depends on sentient beings
Reviewing Chapter 12, "The Mind and Its Potential", describing how Buddhas depends on sentient beings…
View PostTransforming anxiety and depression in a rapidly cha...
Discussion of the source of anxiety and related emotions and some practical antidotes to counteract…
View PostThe kindness of enemies
How those who harm us can help us overcome anger, resentment, and grudges.
View PostRevoking anger’s “Get out of trouble free” card
Anger can make us impulsive, making us feel out of control. A simple meditation shows…
View PostSome thoughts on the practice of gratitude
As His Holiness the Dalai Lama reminds us, we become happier by becoming kinder.
View PostThe kindness of others
Continued explanation of the nine-point meditation on equalizing self and others with the three points…
View PostWe are all equal
Explanation of the first three points of the nine-point meditation on equalizing self and others.
View PostGenerosity of the heart
How to cultivate the four brahmaviharas or divine abodes of love, compassion, empathetic joy, and…
View PostEmpathic distress
How compassion can fall into empathic distress, or compassion fatigue, when our focus turns from…
View PostMeditation on empathic distress
A guided meditation on the difference between compassion and personal distress.
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