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 Sangye Khadro Meditation on perceived threats and needs
A guided analytical meditation on working with perceived threats, and how to change how we…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron It’s unreasonable to be angry
Giving commentary to Verses 38-42, discussing various reasons for why it's unreasonable to be angry…
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Science and technology in service of society
Whatever innovations emerge in the fields of science and technology, our motivation and ethical conduct…
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Exchanging self and others
The five points of exchanging self and others and instructions for taking and giving practice.
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Fortitude for those who cause harm
Discussing the tenets of non-Buddhist schools and going to cover Verses 33-38 that discuss how…
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Embracing common humanity
A talk about the practice of equalizing self and others, its benefits, and overcoming fear…
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Self-compassion
What self-compassion is and what it is not, plus a discussion on obstacles to self-compassion…
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Compassion, empathy, and attachment
Guided meditations on compassion, the difference between compassion and empathy, and compassion practice in Mahayana…
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When compassion arises
A talk about what compassion is, where the word comes from, and what happens when…
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Refuting a primal substance and independent self
Covering Verses 26-32 of Chapter 6, presenting Buddhist refutations of a primal substance and the…
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Meditation on compassion for friends, strangers, and...
A guided analytical meditation on developing compassion for friends, strangers, and enemies.
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