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 Sangye Khadro Giving positive feedback and praise
How we can make expressions of gratitude and appreciation part of our day, in order…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Cooperation and attachment styles
The benefits of an attitude of cooperation as opposed to competition, and how we can…
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Spreading compassion
Through compassionate interaction with others we can inspire those around us to behave more compassionately.
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The importance of consistency
How we can cultivate consistency and authenticity in our practice of compassion.
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Compassion and personal distress
When overwhelmed by seeing suffering we may slip into personal distress. We can cultivate compassion…
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Empathic distress
How compassion can fall into empathic distress, or compassion fatigue, when our focus turns from…
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Removing partiality
By recognizing our differences are superficial we can overcome our partiality and biases.
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Friends who give bad advice
How habitual disturbing emotions are like friends giving bad advice.
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Fear of compassion
How it takes time to form trusting relationships with others who have been harmed in…
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Compassion as an antidote to low-self esteem
How compassion works as an antidote to low self-esteem.
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Compassion as the antidote to the critical, judgment...
Using compassion to counteract a judgemental attitude.
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