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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Meditation on the kindness of others
A guided meditation to bring awareness of being connected to others and being the recipient…
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Working with judgement and partiality
A look at the source of our judgement and bias, its influence on interactions, and…
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Meditation on compassion and personal distress
Meditation on distinguishing between compassion and personal distress at the suffering of others with ways…
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Meditation on taking and giving
Increasing love and compassion through the meditative practice of tonglen.
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Cultivating compassion for ourselves and others
An interview on what it means to have compassion for ourselves, opening our heart to…
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My trip to the operating theatre and back
I recently had an infected cyst on my back. It had grown quickly, got infected,…
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Meditation on the kindness of others
A guided meditation to generate awareness of interdependence and of being the recipient of kindness.
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Self-compassion
What it means to have self-compassion and how it helps to cultivate compassion for others.…
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Absorbing yourself in ultimate love
Teaching on understanding emptiness and training in methods to eradicate afflictive emotions and attain liberation…
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Subtle impermanence
Answering questions from retreat participants and teaching on understanding impermanence and generating love and compassion
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Reflecting on impermanence
Teaching on generating the sense of closeness with others and outlining the meditation to develop…
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