Compassion (Karuna)

Understanding How to Care, Caring to Understand

How do we meet a life we never asked for, one marked by impermanence, fragility, and uncertainty? In this talk, former Theravada monk Christoph Köck invites us to reflect deeply on our existential situation and on…

By Christoph Köck

Nov 2025

Teachings

Our Collective Body

The importance of dissolving boundaries between ourselves and other beings

By Martin Aylward

Sep 26, 2025

TeachingsMagazine | Practice, Teachings

Using Compassion for Institutional and Social Change

How to cultivate love for people we oppose

By Lama John Makransky and Paul Condon

Fall 2025

TeachingsMagazine | Dharma Talk, Teachings

Blind Passions

How to see clearly… that you’re a fool

By Mark Unno

Fall 2025

Ideas

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.

Thupten Jinpa in conversation with James Shaheen and Sharon Salzberg

Jul 20, 2025

Teachings

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.

By Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe

Jul 17, 2025

Podcasts

A Fearless Heart

Tibetan Buddhist scholar Thupten Jinpa discusses how cultivating the courage to be compassionate can transform our lives and our world.

By Tricycle

Jul 2025

Ideas

Tapping into Our Basic Goodness

How meditation can strengthen our innate capacities for compassion and wisdom

Lama John Makransky in conversation with James Shaheen and Sharon Salzberg

Jun 22, 2025

Podcasts

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.

By Tricycle

Jun 2025