Further commentary on how empathy is important in being compassionate, how to develop empathy and convey it to others.
An Open-Hearted Life: Compassion and empathy review
A series of talks based on An Open-Hearted Life given at Sravasti Abbey’s monthly Sharing the Dharma Day since 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.
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A series of talks based on An Open-Hearted Life given at Sravasti Abbey’s monthly Sharing the Dharma Day since 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.
Guided meditation on compassion
A guided meditation to make the mind more familiar and more habituated to the feeling of compassion.
An Open-Hearted Life: Helping each other feel safe
How to identify when we do or do not feel safe, how to cultivate a sense of safety, and how to offer that to others.
An Open-Hearted Life: Finding the best in other people
How to improve relationships with others by recognizing and focusing on their good qualities.
An Open-Hearted Life: Reaching out with compassion
How extending yourself to another living being pulls you outside yourself and opens the door to inner happiness.
Connecting with compassion
The importance of having compassionate individuals in our lives, who can inspire our own practice of compassion and love.
An Open-Hearted Life: The importance of regular practice
The benefits of a regular meditation practice, the obstacles that may arise and how to overcome them.
An Open Hearted Life: The four immeasurables
The four immeasurables—love, compassion, joy and equanimity—present a way to relate to other living beings that is healthy and beneficial.
An Open-Hearted Life: Compassionate thinking and mentalizing
To develop compassion, we want to nurture beneficial and realistic ways of thinking and avoid counterproductive thinking.
An Open-Hearted Life: Compassion and empathy
How empathy is a core component of compassion, both in being able to feel compassion and to act skillfully on compassionate intentions.