Cultivating Compassion
Methods for cultivating compassion that wishes all sentient beings to be free from suffering and its causes.
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Venerable Sangye Khadro When compassion arises
A talk about what compassion is, where the word comes from, and what happens when…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Identifying our feelings
How to identify our emotions and distinguish them from thoughts and why it's important.
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Compassionate communication
How to bring compassion to our communication and how to look at situations objectively without…
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Compassion and empathy review
Further commentary on how empathy is important in being compassionate, how to develop empathy and…
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Guided meditation on compassion
A guided meditation to make the mind more familiar and more habituated to the feeling…
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Helping each other feel safe
How to identify when we do or do not feel safe, how to cultivate a…
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Finding the best in other people
How to improve relationships with others by recognizing and focusing on their good qualities.
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Reaching out with compassion
How extending yourself to another living being pulls you outside yourself and opens the door…
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Courageous compassion
What it means to have great compassion and make it part of daily life.
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Connecting with compassion
The importance of having compassionate individuals in our lives, who can inspire our own practice…
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The importance of regular practice
The benefits of a regular meditation practice, the obstacles that may arise and how to…
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The four immeasurables
The four immeasurables—love, compassion, joy and equanimity—present a way to relate to other living beings…
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