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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Luis - Oct 16, 2018
Luis The human story
Each person's individual journey contains challenges and difficulties that, if met with courage, can cause…
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Luis
- Oct 7, 2018
Return to reality: Love and hate
Seemingly contradictory feelings can lead to the same prison, a prison of ignorance.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Working with unwanted thoughts and emotions
How we can work over time to replace troublesome thoughts and emotions with more compassionate…
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Tanya Lasuk
- Sep 23, 2018
The Teddy Bear Project
A surprise gift from an incarcerated person for one of the Abbey's volunteers.
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The power of optimism and types of emotion
How an optimistic attitude is important in maintaining compassion. A look at different ways to…
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The joy of serving sentient beings
How compassion and benefiting others benefits ourselves and others now and in the future. Reflections…
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Venerable Sangye Khadro 
Kyabje Ling Rinpoche Where cultural identity and interdependence connect
A talk about social harmony and individual happiness through compassion and loving kindness.
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Some challenges of changing religions
What to do when we find ourselves applying conditioning from our religion of origin to…
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Incarcerated people 
Venerable Thubten Tarpa Compassionate understanding of emotions
How a compassionate understanding of how emotions play out in our minds gives us a…
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