
Lovingkindness

Compassion in Mahayana Buddhism means coming face-to-face with the suffering of all sentient beings. It’s not fun.

Teachings Meditation Month 2025
Loving-Kindness Is Innate
Recognizing that we all seek happiness can help us uncover the love within.

May All Beings Be Happy
A lovingkindness meditation

Teachings Meditation Month 2024
Love Isn’t Linear
Although we normally think of love as something we give or receive, in boundless lovingkindness practice, we give and receive at the same time.

Love Is a Skill
German Buddhist nun Ayya Khema teaches how to bring the heart and mind together through lovingkindness meditation.

TeachingsMagazine | In Brief, Teachings
Drop by Drop
Cultivating wholesome qualities one moment at a time

TeachingsMagazine | Teachings, The Five Hindrances
Working with the Five Hindrances: Ill Will
Printable aids for the pillars of Buddhist practice

Joyfully Covered in Mud
How to love our imperfect selves

Personal Reflections How We Live
Notes from a Buddhist Sommelier
How a hospitality professional reconciles right livelihood with an arguably hedonistic job

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