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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An Open-Hearted Life

The importance of consistency

How we can cultivate consistency and authenticity in our practice of compassion.

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Cultivating the Four Immeasurables

Meditation on consistency in compassion

A guided meditation on how to cultivate consistency in our practice of compassion by reflecting…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Spreading compassion

Through compassionate interaction with others we can inspire those around us to behave more compassionately.

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Gold and blue drawing of Chandrakirti.
Illumination of the Thought

Homage to Compassion

Chandrakirti praises compassion as the source of bodhicitta.

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Venerable Sangye Khadro sitting in front of a thangka, smiling.
Guided Meditations

Meditations on equalizing and exchanging self and ot...

A sequence of eleven guided meditations for developing bodhicitta using the method of equalizing and…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Cooperation and attachment styles

The benefits of an attitude of cooperation as opposed to competition, and how we can…

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Manjushri Weeklong Retreat 2022

How do living beings exist?

A teaching on emptiness including an explanation of the prayer "Homage to Manjushri".

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Manjushri Weeklong Retreat 2022

Compassion observing the unapprehendable

A teaching on compassion observing the unapprehendable based on Chandrakirti’s homage to great compassion.

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Manjushri Weeklong Retreat 2022

Relating to the Buddha of wisdom

How to correctly view and relate to the deity and our spiritual mentor within tantric…

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Manjushri Weeklong Retreat 2022

Compassion observing phenomena

A teaching on compassion observing phenomena based on Chandrakirti’s homage to great compassion.

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Manjushri Weeklong Retreat 2022

Giving up our poor-quality view

Dismantling low self-esteem through Buddhist psychology and tantric techniques.

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