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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Sunrise behind barbed wire fence.
By Prison Volunteers

Visit to Airway Heights Correctional Center

A nun visits a correctional facility for the first time in order to participate in…

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Boxes stacked in a room with a wooden floor.
On Refuge and Bodhicitta

There are no enemies

How our Dharma practice can help us with our tendency to classify sentient beings into…

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Dharma in Daily Life

Serve other beings as much as possible

The importance of serving others by practicing and preserving the Dharma, or in any other…

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Dharma in Daily Life

Share your love, wisdom, and wealth

The importance of learning to distinguish love from attachment so that we can share our…

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Elderly man and young child holding hands and smiling.
Dharma Poetry

Kurushimi

Kurushimi means suffering or hardship. By recognizing the suffering of others, we understand their truths…

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Dr. Kolts and Venerable Lamsel smiling.
Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2018

Helping others feel safe through compassion

Dr. Russel Kolts on the meaning of compassion and building a compassionate culture for people…

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Venerable Lamsel smiling and talking to a friend.
A Nun's Life

The power of an idea

Halfway around the world from the Abbey, the idea that people are living an alternative…

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An Open-Hearted Life

A different kind of strength

Compassion is based on inner strength that helps us remain present with own and others…

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How to See Yourself As You Really Are

Love, compassion, and total commitment

The three levels of love, compassion, and total commitment, and the eight precepts of aspiring…

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How to See Yourself As You Really Are

Closeness to others

How recognizing the kindness of others develops a sense of closeness to them.

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How to See Yourself As You Really Are

Compassion as an antidote to anger

The antidotes to anger as the first step towards cultivating compassion for all sentient beings.

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How to See Yourself As You Really Are

A bucket in a well

Explaining the analogy of cyclic existence as a bucket in a well, focusing on karma…

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