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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Four Truths for the Aryas

Examining our obstacles

Examining where our heart of compassion gets blocked and explanation of the Buddhist perspective on…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 34: The most evil of all beings in the world

Those who abuse their strength and power cause tremendous suffering and waste the good karma…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 33: The one who suffers the most

The perpetrator of a harmful action is experiencing suffering, and also creating the causes for…

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Don't Believe Everything You Think

Betrayal

We can see those who betray us as overwhelmed by afflictions and suffering and cultivate…

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Gems of Wisdom

Verse 23: The ignorant beast

Ignorance is a mind-state that makes us no better than an animal even though we…

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Cultivating Compassion

Moving toward compassion

The obstacles that we experience when cultivating compassion and how to overcome them.

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Don't Believe Everything You Think

Working with criticism

How to see those who criticize us and challenge us as teachers who point out…

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Don't Believe Everything You Think

Facing blame

Recognizing attachment to reputation and examining the mind's reaction when it is threatened.

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Living with an Open Heart

Healing with love and compassion

Counteracting the self-centered, self-grasping mind and confronting the emotional problems of this life through love…

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On Working with Afflictions

To choose or not to choose

A retreat helps a student to see that he has the freedom to choose to…

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