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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Compassion conjoined with wisdom
Continued commentary on the three types of compassion and beginning the section on ways of…
View PostReview session: Three types of compassion
A review session on the three types of compassion, including the analogy of the bucket…
View PostThree types of compassion
Explanation of Chandrakirti's verses identifying three types of compassion.
View PostMeditation on working with anger and developing comp...
A guided meditation to subdue anger and cultivate compassion by transforming how we view those…
View PostThe 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas: Verses 16-20
Commentary on verses for training the mind to transform how adverse circumstances are viewed and…
View PostThe four immeasurables
The four immeasurables—love, compassion, joy and equanimity—present a way to relate to other living beings…
View PostMeditation on cultivating the four immeasurable thou...
The more we familiarize ourselves with the four immeasurable thoughts—love, compassion, joy and equanimity—the more…
View PostKeeping the promise of bodhicitta
Discussing Verses 11-16 on the importance of making ourselves into trustworthy people: in general and…
View PostConscientiousness
Reviewing Chapter 3 on bodhicitta and beginning Chapter 4 on conscientiousness, covering Verse 1.
View PostSurvival of the most cooperative
Generating peace, love, and compassion in our own hearts can help us to heal divisions…
View PostTransforming violence with compassion
In an interview with Dharma Drum Mountain, Venerable Chodron shares how she worked with anger…
View PostThe 37 Practices of Bodhisattvas: Verses 10-16
Commentary on verses that cover the two methods of developing bodhicitta and how to transform…
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