The importance of having compassionate individuals in our lives, who can inspire our own practice of compassion and love.

A series of talks based on An Open-Hearted Life given at Sravasti Abbey’s monthly Sharing the Dharma Day in April 2017. Co-written by Venerable Thubten Chodron and clinical psychologist Dr. Russell Kolts, the book offers practical Buddhist and Western psychological approaches to developing compassion.
A series of talks based on An Open-Hearted Life given at Sravasti Abbey’s monthly Sharing the Dharma Day in April 2017. Co-written by Venerable Thubten Chodron and clinical psychologist Dr. Russell Kolts, the book offers practical Buddhist and Western psychological approaches to developing compassion.
The importance of having compassionate individuals in our lives, who can inspire our own practice of compassion and love.
The benefits of a regular meditation practice, the obstacles that may arise and how to overcome them.
The four immeasurables—love, compassion, joy and equanimity—present a way to relate to other living beings that is healthy and beneficial.
To develop compassion, we want to nurture beneficial and realistic ways of thinking and avoid counterproductive thinking.
How empathy is a core component of compassion, both in being able to feel compassion and to act skillfully on compassionate intentions.
A look at the source of our judgement and bias, its influence on interactions, and how we can recondition ourselves to see others more accurately.
What it means to have self-compassion and how it helps to cultivate compassion for others. The three components of self-compassion.
How the taking and giving meditation is a powerful tool for eradicating self-centeredness and cultivating love and compassion towards all beings equally.
How to identify our personal “Rules of the Universe” and their connection to the self-centered thought. And how cherishing others is a source of joy and peace.
Decreasing self-centeredness broadens our view beyond ourselves and changes our relationship with others and the world.