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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An Open-Hearted Life

Compassion and empathy

How empathy is a core component of compassion, both in being able to feel compassion…

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Cultivating the Four Immeasurables

Meditation on the kindness of others

A guided meditation to bring awareness of being connected to others and being the recipient…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Working with judgement and partiality

A look at the source of our judgement and bias, its influence on interactions, and…

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Cultivating the Four Immeasurables

Meditation on compassion and personal distress

Meditation on distinguishing between compassion and personal distress at the suffering of others with ways…

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Young woman with pink hair, smiling.
Cultivating Compassion

Cultivating compassion for ourselves and others

An interview on what it means to have compassion for ourselves, opening our heart to…

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Kenryuu with his arm around his mother, both smiling and standing with Venerable Chodron.
On Taking Illness Onto the Path

My trip to the operating theatre and back

I recently had an infected cyst on my back. It had grown quickly, got infected,…

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A group of nuns meditating.
Buddhist Meditation 101

Meditation on the kindness of others

A guided meditation to generate awareness of interdependence and of being the recipient of kindness.

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An Open-Hearted Life

Self-compassion

What it means to have self-compassion and how it helps to cultivate compassion for others.…

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How to See Yourself As You Really Are

Absorbing yourself in ultimate love

Teaching on understanding emptiness and training in methods to eradicate afflictive emotions and attain liberation…

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How to See Yourself As You Really Are

Subtle impermanence

Answering questions from retreat participants and teaching on understanding impermanence and generating love and compassion

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How to See Yourself As You Really Are

Reflecting on impermanence

Teaching on generating the sense of closeness with others and outlining the meditation to develop…

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