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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Sravasti Abbey Monastics My time in prison
A Sravasti Abbey volunteer confronts his preconceptions on what prison life is like.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron The faults of self-centeredness
How self-centeredness creates problems in our lives, and the actual method of exchanging self and…
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Living a life that matters
How to overcome the eight worldly concerns and generate bodhicitta.
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi Seeing kindness everywhere
By recognizing the kindness all around us we will open our hearts to everyone.
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Removing partiality
By recognizing our differences are superficial we can overcome our partiality and biases.
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Venerable Tenzin Tsepal Meditation on overcoming partiality
Guided analytic meditation to help develop impartial compassion.
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Incarcerated people 
Bringing Avalokiteshvara into the circle
An incarcerated person uses his Dharma practice to quietly support the victims of crimes.
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Healing past relationships
An incarcerated person finds new ways to support his Dharma practice.
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Kindness in times of disagreement
Recognizing our interdependence makes it easy to practice kindness in daily life.
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Venerable Sangye Khadro Practices for preparing for death
A brief introduction to preparatory practices for death, including 7-point mind training (lojong) and taking…
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