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-Armed Chenrezig stained-glass window.
Chenrezig Weeklong Retreat 2011

Introduction to 2011 Chenrezig retreat

What do during retreat to transform our mind, during meditation and outside meditation.

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Grounds and Paths

Review Quiz 1: Questions 7-8

Continued review of the Fundamental Vehicle quiz and a further explanation of the seven-point cause…

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Vietnamese soldier.
On Refuge and Bodhicitta

From enemy to brother

We all want the same thing, to have happiness and its causes and not to…

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Cover of Taming the Mind.
Taming the Mind

Integration of sutra and tantra in Tibetan Buddhism

How Buddhist teachings help to increase constructive states and decrease destructive states of mind.

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Forgiveness

The heart of forgiveness

What forgiveness is and practical advice on how to cultivate it.

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Karma and Your Life

Miscarriages and karma

Sometimes a baby is stillborn. The grief of the parents often is very deep. An…

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Portrait of a angry child
Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2011

Anger in the moment

The afflictions are not the nature of the mind. Anger is just a moment, and…

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A paper with the wordings: In the end, only kindness matters, stick on window with raindrops.
Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2011

The kindness of others

Seeing kindness and repaying with a genuine wish to benefit. Give and let the giving…

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Man with 2 heads scratching his heads
Young Adults Explore Buddhism 2011

Discussion on relationships

A look at how emotions arise from within ourselves. We are not responsible for others’…

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