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 Ultimate and conventional truths
Exploring ultimate and conventional truths and teaching on how to avoid the two extremes of…
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Venerable Tenzin Tsepal Cultivating love and compassion, a review
Venerable Tenzin Tsepal leads a review of the section "Cultivating Love and Compassion" from Chapter…
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The seven-point instruction of cause and effect
How to reflect on the first three steps of the seven-point instruction to recognize the…
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Conflict and compassion: Opening our hearts when our...
When we can listen to others and open our mind to the fact that others…
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Incarcerated people 
Venerable Sangye Khadro Thought transformation: Changing perspective when pr...
How thought transformation practices can be used to transform problems into something useful and beneficial.
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Cultivating compassion and equanimity
Equanimity, a mind free from bias and indifference, is important in order to have the…
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The peace and beauty of the night’s darkness
A prison volunteer finds respite from the daily struggle.
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Four truths and three levels of practitioners
Continuing Chapter 8 “A Systematic Approach,” covering the sections “The Four Truths and Three Levels…
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Imagery and method acting: Cultivating our compassio...
How we can use our imagination to develop compassion and other positive qualities.
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Eight verses of thought transformation: Verses 3-6
Continuing commentary on verses 3-6 of the Eight Verses of Thought Transformation by Geshe Langri…
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Developing three kinds of compassion
A commentary on verses from Chandrakirti’s "Supplement to the Middle Way" explaining three kinds of…
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