Compassion

Our minds give rise to many different kinds of appearances. To avoid confusion, we need to recognize and discriminate among the various different ways in which our minds make things appear to us.

Disturbing emotions are those that make us lose peace of mind and self-control.

Extend your love for all others to be happy, to overcome feeling isolated and alone.

Compassion is the most stable when based on the natural closeness and affection between mother and newborn and on the equality of everyone in wanting to be happy.

Starting from equanimity and acknowledging and appreciating motherly love, we develop love and compassion for everyone and the bodhichitta aim to become Buddhas to be of best help to them all.

Using traditional examples, Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche explains the graded path, emphasizing the importance of appreciating and taking full advantage of our precious human life.

An introduction to compassion, the heart of the Buddha's teachings.

The four steps for gathering and helping others gain maturity.

Buddhism approaches nonviolence more in terms of our state of mind rather than viewing it in terms of physical actions.

The Dalai Lama believes it is wrong to characterize a whole religion as bad because of the actions of a few mischievous people. This is true regarding Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism alike.