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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Excellent qualities can be cultivated limitlessly
Continuing teaching from Chapter 12, explaining how it it is possible to develop positive mental…
View PostTransforming intellectual knowledge into compassiona...
How to apply the Buddha's teachings when the rubber hits the road and our Dharma…
View PostTransforming intellectual knowledge into compassiona...
Buddhism is full of lists—but how do we put our intellectual knowledge of the Dharma…
View PostThe importance of consistency
How we can cultivate consistency and authenticity in our practice of compassion.
View PostMeditation on consistency in compassion
A guided meditation on how to cultivate consistency in our practice of compassion by reflecting…
View PostSpreading compassion
Through compassionate interaction with others we can inspire those around us to behave more compassionately.
View PostMeditation on cultivating a compassionate attitude
A guided meditation to help tap into the quality of compassion in our mind and…
View PostMeditations on equalizing and exchanging self and ot...
A sequence of eleven guided meditations for developing bodhicitta using the method of equalizing and…
View PostCooperation and attachment styles
The benefits of an attitude of cooperation as opposed to competition, and how we can…
View PostHow do living beings exist?
A teaching on emptiness including an explanation of the prayer "Homage to Manjushri".
View PostCompassion observing the unapprehendable
A teaching on compassion observing the unapprehendable based on Chandrakirti’s homage to great compassion.
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