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 Chodron Learning to forgive
The meaning of forgiveness, letting go of anger, working with our expectations, letting go of…
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Acting with wisdom and compassion
Acting with wisdom, learning to concede, and accepting personal responsibility for our actions.
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Transforming arrogance and anger
The importance of taming our arrogance and catching our disturbing attitudes through mindfulness and introspective…
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The faults of self-centeredness
Understanding the faults of the self-centered mind and the importance of bodhicitta in fulfilling our…
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Chapter 6: Verses 39-51
Stopping the causes of anger and how our suffering comes about from our negative karma.
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Venerable Thubten Tarpa The kindness of others and wanting to repay it
What bodhicitta is, and the seven-point cause and effect method of generating it.
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Equalizing self and others
Meditating on equalizing ourselves with others to develop the altruistic intention of becoming a Buddha…
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Seven-point cause and effect
Guided meditation on the seven-point cause-and-effect for generating the altruistic intention to become a Buddha.
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Equanimity
The importance of cultivating equanimity to treat others without attachment, aversion or apathy and with…
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The power of forgiveness
Identifying the obstacles to forgiveness and learning to work with our anger and pain, accepting…
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Aspiring for freedom: why worldly pleasures won̵...
Cultivating contentment and aspiring for liberation, short-term pleasure versus long-term happiness.
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