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 Taking the bodhisattva ethical restraint
Encouraging to create causes and conditions for us to benefit others in worldly and spiritual…
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Motivational Monday: An interview with Venerable Cho...
Venerable Chodron discusses the Buddhist perspective on happiness, compassion and becoming the person you want…
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Compassionate thinking and mentalizing
To develop compassion, we want to nurture beneficial and realistic ways of thinking and avoid…
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Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Offering ourselves to the Buddhas
Continuing the commentary on Chapter 2, Verses 42-57: covering generating regret for negativities and seeking…
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Venerable Thubten Lamsel Meditation on Compassion
A guided meditation to develop compassion using the analogy of a bucket in a well.
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Compassion and empathy
How empathy is a core component of compassion, both in being able to feel compassion…
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi 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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Working with judgement and partiality
A look at the source of our judgement and bias, its influence on interactions, and…
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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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Meditation on taking and giving
Increasing love and compassion through the meditative practice of tonglen.
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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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