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 Three beneficial mental factors
Good ethical discipline is the basis of (1) respect for ourselves and (2) consideration for…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 92-94
Making clear aspirations and determinations about how we want to live our lives. How our…
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Wheel of Sharp Weapons: Verses 77-80
The importance of keeping confidences, and controlling the story-making mind.
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Incarcerated people Views on reforming the prison system
Alternatives to the current prison system exist, alternatives that provide rehabilitation and counseling options.
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Bender and Cadge - Apr 18, 2004
Bender and Cadge “Nuns in the West I:” Interviews
Buddhist and Catholic monastics open discussion on various views.
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Love, compassion, peace
Common threads of many religious traditions including Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Buddhism.
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Having compassion for yourself
Even in a difficult environment, making changes in one's life for the better will benefit…
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Keeping balance
Necessity for cultivating kindness and compassion for others in addition to practicing meditation.
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Beliefs turned on their head
An incarcerated person finds that his attachment to the traditional cultural beliefs he grew up…
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Learning to find inner peace
A person in prison shares his thoughts on keeping up hope in a difficult environment.
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Working with Buddhists behind bars
Overcoming fear and the judgmental mind to reach sentient beings in prison.
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The Dalai Lama on prison life
His Holiness talks about how to generate compassion for incarcerated people and the need for…
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