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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Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

Working in the world

Beginning Chapter 12 "Working in the World," covering the sections "Good Health and Dealing with…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Love and compassion

Developing love and compassion, steps four and five of the seven-point instruction to cultivate altruism,…

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Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

Mental states and situations that are troublesome, a...

Venerable Thubten Jampa reviews the sections in Chapter 3 covering mental states and situations that…

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Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland

Ultimate and conventional truths

Exploring ultimate and conventional truths and teaching on how to avoid the two extremes of…

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Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

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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An Open-Hearted Life

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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Venerable smiling.
Cultivating Healthy Relationships

Conflict and compassion

When we can listen to others and open our mind to the fact that others…

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Ven. Sangye Khadro smiling and holding a text while teaching at Gardenia Center.
Thought Training

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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An Open-Hearted Life

Cultivating compassion and equanimity

Equanimity, a mind free from bias and indifference, is important in order to have the…

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Volume 1 Approaching the Buddhist Path

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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