Relying on the Four Immeasurable Qualities During a Pandemic (Part 3): Immeasurable Compassion
Apr 23, 2020
By Erric Solomon The practice of the Four Immeasurable Qualities—Equanimity, Loving-Kindness, Compassion, and Sympathetic Joy— is common to all Buddhist traditions of practice. For our great tradition of Mahayana, they are the...
Read MoreRelying on the Four Immeasurable Qualities During a Pandemic (Part 2): Immeasurable Loving-Kindness
Apr 16, 2020
By Erric Solomon The practice of the Four Immeasurable Qualities—Equanimity, Loving-Kindness, Compassion, and Sympathetic Joy— is common to all Buddhist traditions of practice. For our great tradition of Mahayana, they are the...
Read MoreRelying on the Four Immeasurable Qualities During a Pandemic (Part 1): Immeasurable Equanimity
Apr 9, 2020
By Erric Solomon During turbulent periods of crises, I find it really helpful to go to the heart of the teachings of the Buddhadharma. By remembering to bring forth the essential teachings...
Read MoreTonglen Practice: Developing Bodhicitta
Jun 25, 2019
"Mindfulness is a mirror of our mind and motivation is a mirror of our dharma practice". Here we can understand motivation to mean tonglen--the development of bodhicitta. By practicing tonglen, we increase our loving kindness, our compassion and ultimately our...
Read MoreTraining in Kindness
Jun 14, 2019
These days, in a busy and sometimes angry world, we often don’t observe a lot of kindness in our interactions. When we feel this way it can be very helpful to review...
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