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 Healing past relationships
An incarcerated person finds new ways to support his Dharma practice.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Kindness in times of disagreement
Recognizing our interdependence makes it easy to practice kindness in daily life.
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Venerable Sangye Khadro Practices for preparing for death
A brief introduction to preparatory practices for death, including 7-point mind training (lojong) and taking…
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Be your own therapist
How to pay attention to, identify, and unpack the thoughts that inform our emotions in…
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Introduction to the taking and giving meditation
Overcoming self-centredness, a major obstacle to doing the taking and giving meditation.
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No real owner of suffering
Commentary on verses about the equality of one’s own and others’ suffering.
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Compassion in action: a life of service
Reflections on being part of the first generation of Western monastics and what it means…
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Why do I protect myself and not others?
Using reasoning to move beyond the self-centered attitude and care about the happiness and suffering…
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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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