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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Incarcerated people Seeing Buddha nature
With gratitude and admiration, an incarcerated person sees and is inspired by the good qualities…
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Supporting a loved one in prison
A list of suggestions for family and friends who face uncertainties in relating with a…
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Positive thinking
An incarcerated person's daily Vajrasattva practice becomes a constant reminder to him to stay in…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron The value of prison work
The far-reaching benefits of sharing Dharma with those in prison.
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 101-104
Eliminating our own self-centeredness and our own self grasping ignorance and thereby developing the compassion…
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Squeezing George Washington so tight he cries
A person in prison discusses his mistaken notion that renunciation means not caring.
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 99-104
How we can grow in our Dharma practice through these courageous mind-training practices. Thinking about…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 93-98
Taking on suffering of others without fear and having no doubt that self-cherishing is the…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 81-92
Dharma friends, choosing teachers, and keeping Dharma practice alive.
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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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Creating problems
Reflections by a person in prison about his recent treatment of others, contrasting it with…
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