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 108 Verses: Verses 15-19
How great compassion is an important quality of Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha that makes them…
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Things exist dependently
Teachings on understanding the nature of self and also how our attitudes are not something…
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108 Verses: Verses 1-14
Review of first 14 verses that describe the qualities of great compassion.
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi 
Taking and giving meditation
Practical ways to use love and compassion for others when afflictions arise in daily life.
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Venerable Thubten Tarpa The altruistic intention
Practices to cultivate a sense of equanimity; the seven-point cause-and-effect method for developing bodhicitta.
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Visualizing sentient beings
How to visualize other sentient beings as part of the preliminary practice (ngöndro) of taking…
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Venerable Thubten Semkye Review: Transforming adversity
A review of recent talks on the taking and giving meditation and transforming adversity into…
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Resistance to practicing tonglen
How the taking and giving practice can transform our minds, making us happier.
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Karma and the wish for freedom
An explanation of karma. How to benefit ourselves and others by developing the ten virtues.
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Eroding self-centeredness
How we can use the meditation on taking on the suffering of others to erode…
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