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 Thubten Chodron Sweet and endearing mothers
Venerable Thubten Chodron continues with Verse 7 of the “Eight Verses of Thought Transformation” and…
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The relationship with our parents
Venerable Thubten Chodron continues with Verse 7 of the “Eight Verses of Thought Transformation” and…
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Geshe Yeshi Lhundup Objects of great compassion
Explaining compassion observing phenomena and compassion observing the emptiness of sentient beings, the second and…
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The three types of compassion
Teaching on Lama Tsongkhapa’s “Illumination of the Thought” and explaining compassion observing sentient beings, the…
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Hearers and solitary realizers
Teaching on Lama Tsongkhapa’s “Illumination of the Thought” and explaining how hearers and solitary realizers…
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Compassion as cause of bodhisattvas
Continuing teachings on “Illumination of the Thought” and explaining how great compassion is the root…
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“Supplement to the Middle way”
Covering the section explaining the meaning of the title and explaining Madhyamaka and Yogacara tenets.
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Eight Verses of Thought Transformation
A commentary on the eight verses and how they can change our perspective—how we see…
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Homage to great compassion
A commentary on Chandrakirti's text explaining three kinds of compassion, and how compassion is the…
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Living in the precepts
The joy of living in the Dharma. The importance of bodhicitta and how it helps…
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Cultivating Amitabha’s attitude
Bringing the mind in line with Amitabha's way of thinking means cultivating an attitude that…
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Bob Wilson - Jan 20, 2019
Bob Wilson Aging gracefully and with gratitude
Bob shares some of the practices (Dharma and other) that have benefited him throughout his…
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