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Retaliation
Covering Verses 122-132 from Chapter 6, exploring various reasons why retaliation against those who harm…
View PostDeveloping great compassion
Review steps preceding the cultivation of compassion and specific instruction on how to cultivate compassion.
View PostThe meaning of compassion
As commentary to Verses 116-122 of Chapter 6, emphasizing the importance of cherishing sentient beings…
View PostDeveloping equanimity
How to meditate on equanimity as the prelude to developing loving kindness and compassion.
View PostSources, contact, feeling
Teaching from Chapter 7, covering the fifth link six sources in Pali tradition and covering…
View PostRespecting sentient beings
Giving commentary to Verses 113-116, elaborating on why we should cherish and respect sentient beings…
View PostBeing mindful of our precepts and values
Our real practice is to reformat how we think and then change our lives.
View PostSix sources
Teaching from Chapter 7, explaining name and form in Pali tradition and describing the fifth…
View PostCherishing our enemies
Covering Verses 104-112 of Chapter 6 "Patience" and exploring various reasonings for why we should…
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