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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Venerable Thubten Ngawang Self-acceptance
A student contemplates connecting with his own experience in order to develop compassion for others.
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Venerable Thubten Jigme Gomchen Lamrim review: Equanimity
Venerable Thubten Jigme reviews how to develop equanimity.
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Bhikshuni Thubten Jampa Gomchen Lamrim review: Bodhicitta
Venerable Thubten Jampa reviews the causes of bodhicitta.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron “Living with an Open Heart”: The vastnes...
Buddhist ideas and techniques to awaken our compassionate motivation and bring our heartfelt aspirations to…
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Gomchen Lamrim review: Homage to compassion
Venerable Thubten Jampa reviews Chandrakirti's "Homage to Great Compassion."
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Practicing compassion in helping professions
How those in the helping professions can cultivate attitudes and approaches beneficial to working with…
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“An Open-Hearted Life”: Living with auth...
An important part of living an authentic life is genuine compassion and it is a…
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Venerable Thubten Tsultrim Gomchen Lamrim review: The 37 harmonies
Venerable Thubten Tsultrim reviews the 37 awakening factors.
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The Vimalakirti Sutra: How to be reborn in a pure land
The qualities of pure lands and the qualities that we need to cultivate in order…
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The Vimalakirti Sutra: Introduction
The Buddha’s profound teachings are conveyed through an engaging dialogue between his great arhat and…
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Inspiring the heart on the path
How to meditate to cultivate bodhicitta using Shantideva's step-by-step instruction on equalizing and exchanging self…
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Venerable Thubten Semkye Gomchen Lamrim review: Karma
Venerable Thubten Semkye reviews the law of karma and its effects.
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