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 Joys of taking the bodhisattva vows
An incarcerated person shares the impact of taking the bodhisattva vows on his Dharma practice.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Meditating on three types of compassion
Importance of persisting through hearing, thinking, and meditating until we see and feel how our…
View Post How things exist
How understanding things exist dependently provides us freedom to act without afflictions and cultivate compassion.
View Post 108 Verses: Verse 9
Generating compassion by seeing things as not inherently existing and changing how we act with…
View Post 108 Verses: Verse 8
How understanding impermanence helps us view the true nature of self and develop a long…
View Post Discussion on kindness of others
Discussion on how we focus on self due to many factors and importance of caring…
View Post Methods to cultivate compassion
Techniques to transform our mind from cherishing self to cherishing others for cultivating compassion.
View Post Guided meditation on cyclic existence
Developing the aspiration to be free by examining the sufferings we have because of various…
View Post 108 Verses: Verse 7
Importance of deeply looking at our sufferings and developing the motivation to overcome them for…
View Post 108 Verses: Verses 1-6
How great compassion is central to the practice and guides the practitioners through the full…
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Cultivating love and compassion
Questions and answers regarding anger and merit, followed by a talk focused on developing love…
View Post The judgmental mind
A discussion about our judgmental tendencies and as well as how to deal with the…
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