The Courage to Be Compassionate
The Dalai Lama’s principal English translator discusses why compassion is fundamental to our basic nature as human beings—and why we tend to resist it.
Compassion (Karuna)
The Trainings of the Three Types of Persons
The resident teacher at the Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center gives a timeless teaching on developing the perfections and generating compassion.
A Fearless Heart
Tibetan Buddhist scholar Thupten Jinpa discusses how cultivating the courage to be compassionate can transform our lives and our world.
Tapping into Our Basic Goodness
How meditation can strengthen our innate capacities for compassion and wisdom
How Compassion Works
Lama John Makransky discusses why compassion is essential to our survival—and how we can integrate compassion into our service and action in the world.
Using Compassion for Institutional and Social Change
How to cultivate love for people we oppose
TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings
Encourage Others by Overcoming Your Own Suffering
The co-abbot of Embracing-Simplicity Hermitage on the transformative power of courage and compassion
Heedfulness Is Auspicious
A teaching and personal reflection on the goodness of merit
Leaving Home
A Zen priest on the history and present-day practice of going forth and attaining the Way
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