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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“In Praise of Great Compassion” book launch
Reading with commentary on passages from the book, "In Praise of Great Compassion."
View PostWe are all equal
Explanation of the first three points of the nine-point meditation on equalizing self and others.
View PostGenerosity of the heart
How to cultivate the four brahmaviharas or divine abodes of love, compassion, empathetic joy, and…
View PostEmpathic distress
How compassion can fall into empathic distress, or compassion fatigue, when our focus turns from…
View PostMeditation on empathic distress
A guided meditation on the difference between compassion and personal distress.
View PostCompassion manifesting in skillful means
An article about compassion and skillful means as an expression of compassion published in Mindfulness.
View PostDharma in prison: Learning more than teaching
An interview with Dr. Fleet Maull from the Prison Mindfulness Institute about sharing the Buddha's…
View PostCompassion and personal distress
When overwhelmed by seeing suffering we may slip into personal distress. We can cultivate compassion…
View PostMeditation on compassion and personal distress
A guided meditation to help examine our experience of observing suffering and distinguish between responding…
View PostExcellent qualities can be cultivated limitlessly
Continuing teaching from Chapter 12, explaining how it it is possible to develop positive mental…
View PostTransforming intellectual knowledge into compassiona...
How to apply the Buddha's teachings when the rubber hits the road and our Dharma…
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