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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On Cultivating Wisdom

The power of precepts

An incarcerated person considers the value of taking precepts.

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On Love, Compassion, and Bodhicitta

Bringing Avalokiteshvara into the circle

An incarcerated person uses his Dharma practice to quietly support the victims of crimes.

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On Self-Worth

Healing past relationships

An incarcerated person finds new ways to support his Dharma practice.

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Cultivating Healthy Relationships

Kindness in times of disagreement

Recognizing our interdependence makes it easy to practice kindness in daily life.

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Peaceful Living, Peaceful Dying Retreats

Practices for preparing for death

A brief introduction to preparatory practices for death, including 7-point mind training (lojong) and taking…

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Working with Emotions

Be your own therapist

How to pay attention to, identify, and unpack the thoughts that inform our emotions in…

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Cultivating Compassion

Introduction to the taking and giving meditation

Overcoming self-centredness, a major obstacle to doing the taking and giving meditation.

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

No real owner of suffering

Commentary on verses about the equality of one’s own and others’ suffering.

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Cultivating Compassion

Compassion in action: a life of service

Reflections on being part of the first generation of Western monastics and what it means…

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Shantideva Teachings at Sravasti Abbey

Why do I protect myself and not others?

Using reasoning to move beyond the self-centered attitude and care about the happiness and suffering…

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Qualities of a Spiritual Teacher

Big love

Remembering teachings by Lama Thubten Yeshe and his kindness to the early Western Buddhist students.

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