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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Rebirth and karma
Understanding rebirth and its relationship to karma, and taking responsibility for our lives.
View PostThe precepts in modern culture
Keeping precepts in our present-day culture and relating to others in a healthy way.
View PostGradual path to enlightenment
A condensed explanation of the lamrim, the gradual path to enlightenment.
View PostChoice and changing
A courageous look at the selfish mind and the suffering it creates in life.
View PostDaishin, big mind
We can embrace our experiences, whether difficult or pleasant, in a way that is neither…
View PostTransforming the judgmental mind
Can we really hold all beings dear, even those whose actions are harmful? These talks…
View PostHis Holiness the Dalai Lama and compassion
Looking to His Holiness the Dalai Lama as an example for our own lives.
View PostSitting with difficulty
An incarcerated person describes the benefit of sitting with discomfort and sharing the suffering of…
View PostThe four aspects of karma
How future lives are affected in both positive and negative ways by our thoughts, words…
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