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Compassion Is Like a Muscle That Gets Stronger with Training

By Christopher Bergland — 2018

Loving-kindness meditation and compassion training boost empathic resilience.

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Training the Mind and Cultivating Loving-Kindness

The fifty-nine provocative slogans presented here—each with a commentary by the Tibetan meditation master Chögyam Trungpa—have been used by Tibetan Buddhists for eight centuries to help meditation students remember and focus on important principles and practices of mind training.

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Chögyam Trungpa, Pema Chödrön (foreword)
2003
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Meditation Monday - Meditation on Letting Go with Sister Jenna

Join Sister Jenna for a special talk along with meditations and the practice of “Drishti.” During Raja Yoga meditation by the Brahma Kumaris, “Dhristi” is a technique which is used to help one focus on the vision of the soul while absorbing and sending God's vibrations to another.

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Sister Jenna
2021
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Compassion - Guided Practice and Talk with Roxanne Dault

Teachings for Online Retreat with Joseph Goldstein, Pascal Auclair and Roxanne Dault

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Roxanne Dault
2020
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Guided Buddhist Meditations: Essential Practices on the Stages of the Path

The Stages of the Path, or lamrim, presentation of Buddhist teachings (a step-by-step method to tame the mind) is a core topic of Buddhist study. The lamrim meditations remind us that the process of transforming the mind, unlike so much of our frantic modern society, is a slow and thoughtful one.

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Thubten Chodron, H.H. the Fourteenth Dalai Lama
2025
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An Open-Hearted Life: Transformative Methods for Compassionate Living from a Clinical Psychologist and a Buddhist Nun

A life overflowing with compassion.

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Russell Kolts, Thubten Chodron
2025
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The Compassionate Kitchen: Buddhist Practices for Eating with Mindfulness and Gratitude

Every aspect of our daily activities can be a part of spiritual practice if done with compassion—and this compact guide offers wisdom from the Buddhist tradition on how eating mindfully can nourish the mind as well as the body.

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Thubten Chodron
2025
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Starting a Meditation Practice at Home | Lodro Rinzler

Starting a meditation practice at home.

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Lodro Rinzler
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2013
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Mindfully Connecting with Nature - Alicia Ray - TEDxCornwall

Drawing on personal experience of working as a clinical psychologist and yoga teacher, Alicia Ray talks about the mind’s tendency to run on autopilot and how she has found that spending time outside in nature can balance out the impact of stress, broaden our perspective and increase a sense of...

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2020
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A Fearless Heart: How the Courage to Be Compassionate Can Transform Our Lives

The Buddhist practice of mindfulness first caught on in the West when we began to understand its many practical benefits. Now Thupten Jinpa, Ph.D., introduces a practice with even greater life-changing power: compassion.

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Thupten Jinpa
2016
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5 Minute Heart Meditation | Kate Johnson | Mndfl Video

A short loving kindness practice for your day, in order to boost empathy and connection with others.

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Kate Johnson
2017
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