compassion
Compassion is the wish for sentient beings to be free from suffering and its causes. Posts include teachings and meditations on how to develop and increase compassion.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Dispelling all suffering
How it is possible to have a mind that wishes to dispel the suffering of…
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Others are as important as ourselves
Explanation of the first three points of the nine-point equalizing self and others meditation.
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Geshe Tenzin Chodrak (Dadul Namgyal) The four maras
Continuing the review of Chapter 12, "The Mind and Its Potential," describing the four maras.
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Healing from the heart
The restorative justice movement shows it's possible to let go of anger and develop compassion…
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Live each day with loving-kindness
Practical tips on how to bring loving-kindness into our daily lives and interpersonal relationships.
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“In Praise of Great Compassion” book launch
Reading with commentary on passages from the book, "In Praise of Great Compassion."
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We are all equal
Explanation of the first three points of the nine-point meditation on equalizing self and others.
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Generosity of the heart
How to cultivate the four brahmaviharas or divine abodes of love, compassion, empathetic joy, and…
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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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Venerable Sangye Khadro Meditation on empathic distress
A guided meditation on the difference between compassion and personal distress.
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Compassion manifesting in skillful means
An article about compassion and skillful means as an expression of compassion published in Mindfulness.
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Dharma in prison: Learning more than teaching
An interview with Dr. Fleet Maull from the Prison Mindfulness Institute about sharing the Buddha's…
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