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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Albert Ramos I would normally have been upset
Even a small incident can give us a chance to practice compassion.
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Tears of compassion
A meditation on mindfulness brings strong feelings of compassion for others.
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Kenneth Mondal Clean up my act
A recent increase in hate crimes causes a Dharma student to reflect on where hate…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Offering our bodies to sentient beings
Teaching from "Transforming Adversity into Joy and Courage" on mentally giving away our bodies for…
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Extensive giving
Reading from the book "Transforming Adversity into Joy and Courage" on the giving aspect of…
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Taking on the suffering of others
A commentary on the description of the taking-and-giving meditation laid out in the book "Transforming…
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Benefits of cherishing others
The disadvantages of self-centeredness and the benefits of cherishing others.
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Disadvantages of self-centeredness
Investigating the empty nature of mental states, how self-centeredness operates in our lives, and the…
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Self centeredness and the five decisions
The disadvantages of self-centeredness and the five decisions to make after equalizing self and others.
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Equalizing self and others
The method of equalizing self and others for cultivating bodhicitta.
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Great resolve and bodhicitta
The last two steps of the seven-point cause and effect instruction to generate bodhicitta.
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