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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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Wisdom

The Vimalakirti Sutra: The two truths

What it means to enjoy the delights of the Dharma. The two truths, conventional and…

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An Open-Hearted Life

Strength, joy, and compassion

Getting clear about what compassion is and is not. Increasing compassion by changing our perspective…

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Venerable chanting with eyes closed and palms together.
Love and Self-esteem

Being a friend to yourself

Cultivating self-acceptance, letting go of false thoughts about ourselves and caring for others leads to…

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Venerable teaching in front of a large crowd at Nalanda Buddhist Centre.
Don't Believe Everything You Think

The path to awakening: An overview

An overview of the path to awakening highlighting important points. How the lamrim system provides…

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Venerable teaching in front of a large crowd at Nalanda Buddhist Centre.
Don't Believe Everything You Think

Heart advice for dealing with difficulties

How to apply the mind training teachings in a practical way to transform adverse circumstances…

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Young man praying at sunset.
On Working with Afflictions

Finally freeing myself from being a prisoner of love

A student of Venerable Chodron's writes about the futility of attachment to others in our…

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Young man sitting on a skateboard, meditating.
On Refuge and Bodhicitta

A letter to my teacher

A young person reflects on the reasons he took refuge with Venerable Chodron.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 13: Verses 320-324

Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches on verses refuting the true existence of the perceiving consciousness.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 13: Verses 307-310

Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe continues the teachings on refuting the inherent existence of visual objects.

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Aryadeva's 400 Stanzas

Chapter 13: Verse 301

Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe starts teachings on refuting the inherent existence of sense organs and objects.

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An Open-Hearted Life

Genuine compassion

Compassion is an internal attitude that can be deliberately cultivated through practice. Reflection on bringing…

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Gomchen Lamrim

Fortitude and religious intolerance

Teaching on responding to religious intolerance and hate with fortitude and compassion

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