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 Eight worldly concerns
Questioning and investigating what society says is normal and acceptable.
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Open Heart, Clear Mind study guide
Study guide to the book Open Heart, Clear Mind, a foundational and profound introduction to…
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Tonglen and social problems
Venerable Thubten Chodron talks about tonglen and the issues of terrorism we are facing around…
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Tonglen: Taking and giving
Venerable Thubten Chodron explains the practice of tonglen, or taking and giving.
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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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Khenpo 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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