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21 – 30 of 103 matches for compassion

Title

Speaker

Year

Self Compassion For the Sake of All Beings

A talk in English to a Swedish audience, 5th March 2016, Dhammagiri Retreat Center, Sweden.

Munisha

2016

01.

Self compassion for the sake of all beings (54:43)

When Wisdom Meets Compassion - Transforming Social Inequalities Through Liberation of Self

As part of Manchester Buddhist Centre's International Women's Day event, Satyamuni reflects on whether social and …

Satyamuni

2017

01.

When Wisdom Meets Compassion - Transforming Social Inequalities through Liberation of Self (00:00)

Changing Hatred Into Compassion

The ninth precept is the topic for Samudraghosha. He is an accomplished Dharma teacher who is noted for the thoroughness …

Samudraghosa

2018

01.

Changing hatred into compassion (00:00)

Compassionate Koans - the Heart of the Matter

An excellent, personal set of reflections by Vijayamala on the relationship between our longing and our pain. The buddhist …

Vijayamala

2005

	01.	The human condition - the constant arising of phenomena and the human response of compassion (4:33)
	03.	Feeling frustrated about one's own suffering; a mahamudra view of compassion; quote from Edna St Vincent Millay; a positivity inherent in resisting suffering - the Bodhichitta (5:12)
	04.	The problem of longing; developing compassion in meditation (2:35)
	06.	Compassion as an intrinsic part of reality; Mandarava in 'The Life and Liberation of Padmasambhava'; bodhisattvas continue to suffer for lifetimes (4:18)
	08.	Compassion and interconnectedness as continuingly manifesting; a personal experience in meditation; staying open to reality as an expression of faith (6:36)

The Origin and Development of the Bodhisattva Ideal

The Bodhisattva ideal was emphasized by those among the early Buddhists who considered that they could learn from the Buddha's …

Sangharakshita

1969

12.

Wisdom and Compassion: the Bodhisattva Ideal (4:55)

Violence and Emptiness

A short but sweet talk from San Francisco's very own Suvarnaprabha, in which she explores the Buddhist vision of compassion …

Suvarnaprabha

2005

	02.	Violence as resistance in meditation; compassion as not resisting experience (3:31)
	04.	The vastness of compassion; the difficulty of talking about shunyata and compassion (2:41)

The Arising of the Bodhichitta

Two contradictory trends are discernible in spiritual life: withdrawing from the world and compassion for …

Sangharakshita

1965

06.

Conditions for the basis upon which the Bodhichitta arises: withdrawal from the world – wisdom;involvement in the world – compassion; Vasubandhu’s four factors (12:35)