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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Transforming aging and illness into the path
One of Venerable Chodron's long-time students contemplates acceptance and slowing down.
View PostThe power of Nyung Ne with questions and answers
What it means to take refuge during the Nyung Ne practice. Answers to questions on…
View PostOne teacher, many traditions: But what is the path?
How the Buddha's many discourses are not contradictory but show he was a skillful teacher…
View PostHow to think like a bodhisattva
A commentary on Vasubandhu's ten great resolves of a Bodhisattva. How reflecting on the resolves…
View PostThe warrior of dawn
The student tries paths of light and of darkness before discovering the middle way.
View PostSeeing the kindness of all beings
When we recognize how friends, strangers and even those we have difficulty with are kind…
View PostA Healthy Diet for the Mind
How cultivating compassion is like engaging in a mental fitness program for the mind. What…
View PostThe power of compassion in a chaotic world
By cultivating broad-minded compassion we can react in a compassionate way to other living beings…
View Post“The Compassionate Kitchen”
How eating and activities related to it—preparing food, offering and consuming it, and cleaning up—can…
View PostCultivating love and compassion
Continuing to read from “Working with Afflictions” in Chapter 3 and covers “Cultivating Love and…
View PostBecoming friends with ourselves
Becoming our own friend means treating ourselves with kindness, respect and compassion; celebrating our successes…
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