Posts about compassion

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Waking Up: A Mindful Exploration Of Our Relationship With Climate Crisis

Join Lori Stelling and Mike Coughlin, local leaders of N.V.I.M., for a day of meditation and reflection on our personal and communal relationship with the[…]

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Judgment vs. Discernment: Moving From Preferences to Wisdom

When I first began practicing mindfulness meditation, I was surprised by the constant chatter of thoughts running through my head. What I found most disturbing[…]

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The Gift of Loving-Kindness

There is a belief, I’ve often heard, repeated that meditation practice, and metta or loving-kindness practice in particular, is self-indulgent. That by focusing so much[…]

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Cultivating Joy in Daily Life

The Buddha taught that joy and happiness already reside within us. To cultivate these qualities, we just need to develop wholesome states of mind that[…]

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Car Alarm Lovingkindness

As I move through my daily life, I know that one of my motivations to stay steadfast in my practice is to support my capacity[…]