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 Sangye Khadro Self-compassion
What self-compassion is and what it is not, plus a discussion on obstacles to self-compassion…
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Compassion, empathy, and attachment
Guided meditations on compassion, the difference between compassion and empathy, and compassion practice in Mahayana…
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When compassion arises
A talk about what compassion is, where the word comes from, and what happens when…
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Geshe Tenzin Chodrak (Dadul Namgyal) How to develop compassion
How to develop compassion and why compassion is required for full awakening.
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The role of compassion on the path
Examining how the mind exists and the role of compassion on the path to awakening.
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The source of the Three Jewels
How compassion is the basis of Buddhahood, the Dharma and the Sangha.
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Two types of great compassion
A discussion of two types of great compassion and a clarification of the translated text.
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The importance of compassion
Focusing on the importance of compassion and how it is the source of awakened beings.
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Venerable Thubten Chodron Refuting a primal substance and independent self
Covering Verses 26-32 of Chapter 6, presenting Buddhist refutations of a primal substance and the…
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Meditation on compassion for friends, strangers, and...
A guided analytical meditation on developing compassion for friends, strangers, and enemies.
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Afflictions, our real enemy
Finishing teaching from Chapter 4, describing how to see afflictions as our real enemy and…
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