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 Semkye Bringing compassion to prison
A meeting of community volunteers, including Venerable Chodron, discuss compassion-based approaches to help incarcerated people…
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Incarcerated people If here, why not out there?
Buddhism is one of many paths to liberation. Each culture has its spiritual philosophy that…
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Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche Dedication for a meaningful life
Praying for our lives to be beneficial for all sentient beings.
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Power to hope, power to heal
An incarcerated person describes the beauty that results from compassionate actions.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Chocolate frosting and garbage
Not getting bogged down in words and labels. Connecting with people through our path and…
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Tenzin Chogkyi Living in solitude and living in community
How community life provides the container for someone to receive the full benefits of monastic…
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Zopa Herron Valentine’s Day at Oregon State Prison
Accompanying Venerable Chodron and watching her talk to incarcerated people helps to see their qualities…
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Buddhism in modern society
The teaching principles of the Buddha can be applied to many things in our modern…
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Ignorance of the ego
A person in prison reflects on the effects of understanding the Buddha's teachings.
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Prison poetry I
Poems written by several people associated with the prison Dharma outreach program.
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Being emptiness
A meditation on the "Heart Sutra" and the concepts of emptiness and selflessness.
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