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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Gomchen Lamrim review: The afflictions
Venerable Thubten Chonyi reviews the afflictions and the factors stimulating their arising.
View PostGreat compassion and the great resolve
Commentary on the seven-point cause and effect method to develop bodhicitta. Developing great compassion by…
View PostReturning the United States to democracy and civility
Responding to the topic of an upcoming panel discussion at North Idaho College on civil…
View PostThree types of compassion
Continued commentary on Chandrakirti's homage to great compassion, explaining three ways to observe sentient beings…
View PostChandrakirti’s homage to great compassion
The teachings for the advanced level practitioner begins with a commentary on Chandrakirti's homage to…
View PostChapter 12: Verses 286-295
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe teaches on the importance of not lapsing from the right view, and…
View PostChapter 10: Verses 226-228
Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe starts teaching on individual refutations of the self that is put forward…
View PostThe conversation
A student listens to the conversations that go on inside her head, and decides to…
View PostQuieting the mind after the news
A meditation on Chenrezig in the wake of the past week's shootings of black men…
View PostExchanging self and others
Concluding the retreat with powerful verses by Shantideva on exchanging self and others.
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