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 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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Incarcerated people 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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Transforming the judgmental mind
Can we really hold all beings dear, even those whose actions are harmful? These talks…
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama and compassion
Looking to His Holiness the Dalai Lama as an example for our own lives.
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Sitting with difficulty
An incarcerated person describes the benefit of sitting with discomfort and sharing the suffering of…
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The four aspects of karma
How future lives are affected in both positive and negative ways by our thoughts, words…
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