Seemingly contradictory feelings can lead to the same prison, a prison of ignorance.
Tag Archives | compassion
“An Open-Hearted Life”: Working with unwanted thoughts and emotions
How we can work over time to replace troublesome thoughts and emotions with more compassionate ones, and establish new, compassionate mental habits.
The Teddy Bear Project
A surprise gift from a prison inmate for one of the Abbey’s volunteers.
“An Open-Hearted Life”: The power of optimism and types of emotion
How an optimistic attitude is important in maintaining compassion. A look at different ways to understand, and work with, our emotions.
The joy of serving sentient beings
How compassion and benefiting others benefits ourselves and others now and in the future. Reflections to develop compassion and bodhicitta.
Some challenges of changing religions
What to do when we find ourselves applying conditioning from our religion of origin to Buddhism.
Sravasti Grove
An inmate expresses his gratitude for having met the Dharma.
“An Open-Hearted Life”: Compassionate understanding of emotions
How a compassionate understanding of how emotions play out in our minds gives us a roadmap for developing the positive mental qualities we want to have.
Taking and giving
How to practice tonglen, the taking-and-giving meditation.
What is wisdom?
The Buddhist perspective of wisdom and how it contributes to cultivating love and compassion.
