An Open-Hearted Life (2017-2024)
Ongoing teachings based on An Open-Hearted Life given at Sravasti Abbey’s monthly Sharing the Dharma Day from 2017 to 2024. Co-written with clinical psychologist Dr. Russell Kolts.
Root Text
Spreading compassion
Venerable Thubten Chodron Through compassionate interaction with others we can inspire those around us to behave more compassionately.
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Meditation on consistency in compassion
Venerable Thubten Damcho A guided meditation on how to cultivate consistency in our practice of compassion by reflecting on the hindrances to the practice of compassion.
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The importance of consistency
How we can cultivate consistency and authenticity in our practice of compassion.
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Meditation on compassion and personal distress
Venerable Tenzin Tsepal A guided meditation to help examine our experience of observing suffering and distinguish between responding with compassion or personal distress.
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Compassion and personal distress
When overwhelmed by seeing suffering we may slip into personal distress. We can cultivate compassion that is free from the fault of personal distress.
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Meditation on empathic distress
Venerable Sangye Khadro A guided meditation on the difference between compassion and personal distress.
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Empathic distress
How compassion can fall into empathic distress, or compassion fatigue, when our focus turns from caring for others to our own pain and discomfort.
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Meditation on overcoming partiality
Guided analytic meditation to help develop impartial compassion.
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Removing partiality
By recognizing our differences are superficial we can overcome our partiality and biases.
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Meditation on compassion
Guided meditation on developing compassion in a wise and skillful way.
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