Cultivating Compassion

Methods for cultivating compassion that wishes all sentient beings to be free from suffering and its causes.

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An Open-Hearted Life

Guided meditation on compassion

A guided meditation to make the mind more familiar and more habituated to the feeling…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Helping each other feel safe

How to identify when we do or do not feel safe, how to cultivate a…

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An Open-Hearted Life

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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An Open-Hearted Life

Connecting with compassion

The importance of having compassionate individuals in our lives, who can inspire our own practice…

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An Open-Hearted Life

The importance of regular practice

The benefits of a regular meditation practice, the obstacles that may arise and how to…

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An Open-Hearted Life

The four immeasurables

The four immeasurables—love, compassion, joy and equanimity—present a way to relate to other living beings…

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Compassionate thinking and mentalizing

To develop compassion, we want to nurture beneficial and realistic ways of thinking and avoid…

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Compassion and empathy

How empathy is a core component of compassion, both in being able to feel compassion…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Working with judgement and partiality

A look at the source of our judgement and bias, its influence on interactions, and…

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Cultivating Compassion

Cultivating compassion for ourselves and others

An interview on what it means to have compassion for ourselves, opening our heart to…

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