Tag: compassion
Bodhicitta Practice: the Ultimate Expression of Compassion
Category: Buddhist Path | Love & Compassion Meditation | Recent Meditation Posts The Relation Between Compassion and Bodhicitta Compassion and bodhicitta are related, but there is a difference between the two. Understanding how bodhicitta evolves from compassion can help us encourage the process. Compassion is a response to suffering. For compassion to take place, three…
Forgiveness as a practice of compassion
One of the emotional drivers of cruel and unkind behavior is resentment. Resentment is when we hold onto past hurt, locking ourselves into a pattern of blame. Unable to let go of the past we keep bringing up a memory of someone hurting us, betraying us, or failing to protect us. Every time we do…
Remember others’ acts of compassion
In some versions of the lovingkindness (metta bhavana) practice we start by calling to mind a benefactor — someone who has been kind to us. The significance of this is that we’re remembering what kindness is like, connecting experientially with it so that we remember what it’s like to be looked at with kind eyes,…