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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Working with People in Prison
Working with people in prison requires a mindset of humility and understanding: an incarcerated person…
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Genuine aspiration and resistance
Kindness for oneself relieves the internal struggle to commit to the Dharma.
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Meditation and the Buddhist approach
Talks focusing on the practical application of Buddhist psychology for understanding ourselves and improving the…
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Renounce suffering, practice joyfully
Comments on a section of the Lamrim chenmo by Lama Tsongkhapa. Explains the types and…
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Bodhisattva practices
A bodhisattva's mind; the purpose of meditating on death and impermanence; the role of intellect…
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Meditation on emptiness
How to deal with attachment to what others think of us; meditating on compassion and…
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Relying on a spiritual friend
What it means to rely on a spiritual mentor, considering the benefit a teacher brings…
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Basic goodness
The relationship between buddha nature and basic goodness, different ways to show compassion, and how…
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How to keep meditation interesting
Discussion on topics such as how afflictions develop, the meaning of clarity and awareness, describing…
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Renunciation and compassion
The mind at death, the nourishing of karma, and how renunciation and compassion are two…
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Emptiness of self
Understanding unfamiliar concepts in the teaching: the mind, the self, and emptiness of the self.
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