Cultivating Compassion
Methods for cultivating compassion that wishes all sentient beings to be free from suffering and its causes.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Why we need compassion
In the face of human hardship, compassion is the only response that makes sense. It…
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Setting our motivation
Pausing to cultivate a compassionate motivation before we act transforms our mental state, assists us…
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Geshe Chopa Tenzin Lhadron Loving kindness and compassion in daily life
The meaning of loving kindness and compassion, and how we can practice them in daily…
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Venerable Thubten Jigme “An Open-Hearted Life”: Introduction
When we take a compassionate perspective we are better prepared to care for ourselves and…
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi “An Open-Hearted Life”: Preface by Profe...
A look at the western psychological perspective on compassion and how it relates to the…
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Meditating on taking and giving
Imagining taking on all the suffering of others in order to destroy our own self-centred…
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Venerable Thubten Samten Equanimity in daily life
How to fit the practice of equanimity into our daily lives, and outlining the taking-and-giving…
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Obstacles to compassion
Exploring the meditation on the kindness of others, and various obstacles to compassion, including the…
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Venerable Thubten Semkye Meditating on equanimity
A meditation on equanimity, in which we imagine those whom we currently find challenging in…
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Composed compassion
How to take responsibility for cultivating compassion in our own lives.
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“An Open-Hearted Life”: Foreword by the ...
In the foreword to the book His Holiness the Dalai Lama explains why compassion is…
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“Living with an Open Heart”: The vastnes...
Buddhist ideas and techniques to awaken our compassionate motivation and bring our heartfelt aspirations to…
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