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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David Lynch - Apr 2, 2008
David Lynch A letter from a friend
Sravasti Abbey's website reaches out to millions. David shares his experience about experiencing the Dharma…
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Chapter 3: Verses 22-33
Seeing the kindness of others and having the attitude that sees others in beauty. Adopting…
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Chapter 3: Verses 10-20
How to look at our experiences of hurt or betrayal from a Dharma point of…
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Chapter 3: Verses 4-10
How the self-centered attitude obstructs our happiness. How and why we request teachings and how…
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Chapter 3: Verses 1-3
Developing love and compassion in a reasonable way. The importance of purification and creating of…
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Wisdom and compassion
Seeing the kindness of sentient beings and understanding that our enlightenment depends on them.
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Shantideva
- Mar 11, 2008
Dedication from “Engaging in the Deeds of Bodh...
Dedicating for the well-being and happiness of all sentient beings, with an inspiring final verse.
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Incarcerated people The internal tiger: anger and fear
Having struck out in anger many times, an incarcerated person shares responding to his fear…
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Sharing challenges of practice
Questions from retreatants on dealing with distraction and habitual reactions. Working with dreams in a…
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Fortitude of enduring suffering
Continuing with the explanation of the practice of non-retaliation, and the second type of fortitude…
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Disappointment and delight—the eight worldly c...
Confronting the eight worldly concerns will transform our attachments and emotional afflictions into happiness and…
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The determination to be free
Understanding the meaning of renunciation, what we are wishing to be free from, the effects…
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