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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Bob Wilson - Dec 20, 2018
Bob Wilson Transforming aging and illness into the path
One of Venerable Chodron's long-time students contemplates acceptance and slowing down.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron The power of Nyung Ne with questions and answers
What it means to take refuge during the Nyung Ne practice. Answers to questions on…
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One teacher, many traditions: But what is the path?
How the Buddha's many discourses are not contradictory but show he was a skillful teacher…
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How to think like a bodhisattva
A commentary on Vasubandhu's ten great resolves of a Bodhisattva. How reflecting on the resolves…
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Luis
- Dec 6, 2018
The warrior of dawn
The student tries paths of light and of darkness before discovering the middle way.
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Seeing the kindness of all beings
When we recognize how friends, strangers and even those we have difficulty with are kind…
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi A Healthy Diet for the Mind
How cultivating compassion is like engaging in a mental fitness program for the mind. What…
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The power of compassion in a chaotic world
By cultivating broad-minded compassion we can react in a compassionate way to other living beings…
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“The Compassionate Kitchen”
How eating and activities related to it—preparing food, offering and consuming it, and cleaning up—can…
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Cultivating love and compassion
Continuing to read from “Working with Afflictions” in Chapter 3 and covers “Cultivating Love and…
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Becoming friends with ourselves
Becoming our own friend means treating ourselves with kindness, respect and compassion; celebrating our successes…
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