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 Buddhism for modern life
How our thoughts shape our reality and the power we have to transform them.
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Venerable Sangye Khadro Cultivating loving-kindness
Practical ways to cultivate kindness towards ourselves and others in our daily lives.
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Incarcerated people Thanks for the Dharma Dispatch
A letter of thanks for the latest edition of Dharma Dispatch, a newsletter the Abbey…
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Are sentient beings already Buddhas?
Explaining whether sentient beings are already buddhas and covering the buddha nature according to tantra,…
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Compassion as an antidote to low-self esteem
How compassion works as an antidote to low self-esteem.
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Meditation on fear of compassion
A reflection on fear of compassion and how to overcome it.
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Venerable Thubten Rinchen Compassion for difficult people
A review looking at selected verses to develop compassion for difficult people with guided meditation.
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The extraordinary intention
How seeing the kindness of others leads to the intention to repay their kindness and…
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Equalizing and exchanging self and others
Introducing two primary methods for generating bodhicitta.
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Wishing to repay the kindness of others
Generating the repay the kindness of others and ways to do so.
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The kindness of our mothers
Reflecting on what our mothers have been through to gain a sense of all sentient…
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