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 
Venerable Thubten Chodron 37 Practices: Verses 22-24
Emptiness - how everything exists by being labeled by mind, and the way we choose…
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Offering service
Changing our mind to treat our daily activities as offering service and creating positive causes.
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Just go free-form
Taking refuge when something strange comes in the mind; how wonderful to be able to…
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Fear and hate
An incarcerated person relates how he gradually overcame his fear while in prison.
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Discriminating wisdom
A discussion covering topics such as "bad friends," dealing with intense emotions, bad dreams, and…
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37 Practices: Verses 4-6
Verses describing the miseries of samsara, the importance of thinking about beginningless lives, giving up…
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Inspiring story
Importance of understanding karma, taking personal responsibility and transforming oneself based on practice.
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Profound view
How wisdom and compassion support each other. Ten ways to practice mindfulness of emptiness. When…
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Recovering after Hurricane Wilma
Advice to a Buddhist group on developing renunciation and bodhicitta in the aftermath of Hurricane…
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