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 A heart of compassion
The meaning of compassion and the importance of distinguishing between compassion and self-centered distress.
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One year after the Aurora shooting
Reflecting with compassion on the one-year anniversary of the Batman movie shooting in Colorado.
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The social impact of gun violence
Keeping a calm and compassionate mind in the wake of George Zimmerman's acquittal.
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Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe Chapter 4: Verses 85–89
Teachings on how cultivating the correct view of self leads to compassion and explanation of…
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Chapter 2: Verses 39-50
Geshe Thabkhe continues teaching on the inappropriateness of seeing what is suffering as pleasure, and…
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Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche As close as a mother to her children
Lama Zopa Rinpoche shares how the practice of Tara can solve our problems.
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The practice of Tara the liberator
An introduction to How to Free Your Mind as a well as a meditation on…
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Bad friends and why we don’t need them
Looking at how we are affected by the people we spend our time with, and…
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12 ways to apply compassion
A discussion of ways to apply compassion to improve areas of common concern in society.
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Acting with kindness
How to respond with kindness to others and make decisions based on long-term benefits.
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Incarcerated people The choices we make
Taking responsibility for and facing our past behaviors is the first step toward change.
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Bhikshuni Thubten Jampa Meditation to raise consciousness for a healthy rela...
A meditation written by Geshe Thubten Ngawang to bring us into harmony with the natural…
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