An Open-Hearted Life
Teachings on "An Open-Hearted Life" given at Sravasti Abbey’s monthly Sharing the Dharma Day from 2017 to 2024.
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Venerable Thubten Tarpa Compassionate understanding of emotions
How a compassionate understanding of how emotions play out in our minds gives us a…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron The power of optimism and types of emotion
How an optimistic attitude is important in maintaining compassion. A look at different ways to…
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Working with unwanted thoughts and emotions
How we can work over time to replace troublesome thoughts and emotions with more compassionate…
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Becoming friends with ourselves
Becoming our own friend means treating ourselves with kindness, respect and compassion; celebrating our successes…
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi A Healthy Diet for the Mind
How cultivating compassion is like engaging in a mental fitness program for the mind. What…
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Venerable Sangye Khadro Being responsible for our emotions
When disturbing emotions arise we have a choice. The Buddhist teachings offer practical methods to…
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Beyond Blame
How it's possible to go beyond blaming others or our self and work together to…
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Establishing compassionate habits
As with learning any new skill or habit, it takes purposeful effort to establish compassionate…
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Imagery and method acting: Cultivating our compassio...
How we can use our imagination to develop compassion and other positive qualities.
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Cultivating compassion and equanimity
Equanimity, a mind free from bias and indifference, is important in order to have the…
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The seven-point instruction of cause and effect
How to reflect on the first three steps of the seven-point instruction to recognize the…
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Venerable Thubten Jigme Love and compassion
Developing love and compassion, steps four and five of the seven-point instruction to cultivate altruism,…
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