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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Khenpo Yeshi Lhundup 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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Venerable Thubten Chodron Eight Verses of Thought Transformation
A commentary on the eight verses and how they can change our perspective—how we see…
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Homage to great compassion
A commentary on Chandrakirti's text explaining three kinds of compassion, and how compassion is the…
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Living in the precepts
The joy of living in the Dharma. The importance of bodhicitta and how it helps…
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Cultivating Amitabha’s attitude
Bringing the mind in line with Amitabha's way of thinking means cultivating an attitude that…
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Bob Wilson Aging gracefully and with gratitude
Bob shares some of the practices (Dharma and other) that have benefited him throughout his…
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Transforming aging and illness into the path
One of Venerable Chodron's long-time students contemplates acceptance and slowing down.
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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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