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 Taking on the suffering of others
How to meditate on taking the suffering of others, beginning with taking on the suffering…
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Incarcerated people Leading ourselves out of addiction
Taking refuge in drugs or alcohol simply leads to more destructive, addictive behavior, which then…
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Venerable Thubten Chonyi Contemplating death
How thinking about death can make our lives more meaningful and how Dharma practice can…
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Thubten Jampel Review: Who to cherish
A review of the disadvantages of the self-centered thought and the benefits of cherishing others.
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Karma and compassion: Part 2 of 2
The four immeasurables (love, compassion, joy, equanimity) as antidotes to negative karma.
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Karma and compassion: Part 1 of 2
In her discussion of what the Buddha meant by karma, Venerable Chodron talks about how…
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Meditation on love
How love is different from attachment and the benefits of cultivating love.
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Precious human life
The meaning, purpose and rarity of the freedoms and fortunes of a precious human life…
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The kindness of others
Recognizing the kindness of others and seeing them as something to be cherished.
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Venerable Thubten Semkye The noble eightfold path
How the noble eightfold path is organized under the three higher trainings; practices related to…
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Advantages of cherishing others
The advantages of cherishing others, what it means to cherish others, and how to view…
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