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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Sweet and endearing mothers
Venerable Thubten Chodron continues with Verse 7 of the “Eight Verses of Thought Transformation” and…
View PostThe relationship with our parents
Venerable Thubten Chodron continues with Verse 7 of the “Eight Verses of Thought Transformation” and…
View PostObjects of great compassion
Explaining compassion observing phenomena and compassion observing the emptiness of sentient beings, the second and…
View PostThe three types of compassion
Teaching on Lama Tsongkhapa’s “Illumination of the Thought” and explaining compassion observing sentient beings, the…
View PostHearers and solitary realizers
Teaching on Lama Tsongkhapa’s “Illumination of the Thought” and explaining how hearers and solitary realizers…
View PostCompassion as cause of bodhisattvas
Continuing teachings on “Illumination of the Thought” and explaining how great compassion is the root…
View Post“Supplement to the Middle way”
Covering the section explaining the meaning of the title and explaining Madhyamaka and Yogacara tenets.
View PostEight Verses of Thought Transformation
A commentary on the eight verses and how they can change our perspective—how we see…
View PostHomage to great compassion
A commentary on Chandrakirti's text explaining three kinds of compassion, and how compassion is the…
View PostLiving in the precepts
The joy of living in the Dharma. The importance of bodhicitta and how it helps…
View PostCultivating Amitabha’s attitude
Bringing the mind in line with Amitabha's way of thinking means cultivating an attitude that…
View PostAging gracefully and with gratitude
Bob shares some of the practices (Dharma and other) that have benefited him throughout his…
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