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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Incarcerated people Inside-out practice
An incarcerated person narrates practicing inside the prison to practicing outside and compares that to…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron The four noble truths
A look at the unsatisfactory nature of cyclic existence and how to practice the noble…
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Seeking enlightenment for the benefit of others
Teaching on equanimity and bodhicitta from a series of talks on The Essence of Refined…
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Judgmental mind, kindness and compassion
Methods to develop love and compassion for others.
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Not harming, verbally or mentally. Questions on how we react to someone's misfortune and on…
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Rebirth and karma
Understanding rebirth and its relationship to karma, and taking responsibility for our lives.
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The precepts in modern culture
Keeping precepts in our present-day culture and relating to others in a healthy way.
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Gradual path to enlightenment
A condensed explanation of the lamrim, the gradual path to enlightenment.
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Choice and changing
A courageous look at the selfish mind and the suffering it creates in life.
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Daishin, big mind
We can embrace our experiences, whether difficult or pleasant, in a way that is neither…
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