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 Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 50-62
Disadvantages and effects of self-grasping ignorance, self-cherishing and having insincere motivations when we act.
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Incarcerated people Creating problems
Reflections by a person in prison about his recent treatment of others, contrasting it with…
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Practical guidelines for good living
How and why we take refuge and an elaboration on the specific and common guidelines…
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama Practical peace and contentment
His Holiness the Dalai Lama's foreword to 'Taming the Mind,' a "practical application of the…
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Antidotes to the habit of complaining
Advice on taming bad habits and cultivating good, such as nurturing antidotes to our tendency…
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Jewels of the Dharma
The nuns in service of the Dharma inspire compassion and loving-kindness to take root in…
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The creator of happiness and suffering
Exploring the concept that the mind is the true source of happiness and suffering. Thus,…
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Three beneficial mental factors
Good ethical discipline is the basis of (1) respect for ourselves and (2) consideration for…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 92-94
Making clear aspirations and determinations about how we want to live our lives. How our…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 77-80
The importance of keeping confidences, and controlling the story-making mind.
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Views on reforming the prison system
Alternatives to the current prison system exist, alternatives that provide rehabilitation and counseling options.
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Bender and Cadge - Apr 18, 2004
Bender and Cadge “Nuns in the West I:” Interviews
Buddhist and Catholic monastics open discussion on various views.
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