#IndexEntry #Buddhology
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<a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a> | 150 | <a data-href="2007 Lovingkindness and Compassion As a Path to Awakening" class="internal-link">2007 Lovingkindness and Compassion As a Path to Awakening</a>
<a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a> | 144 | <a data-href="2008 Lovingkindness and Compassion As a Path to Awakening" class="internal-link">2008 Lovingkindness and Compassion As a Path to Awakening</a>
<a data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva" class="internal-link">The Birth of a Bodhisattva</a> | 104 | <a data-href="2008 Lovingkindness and Compassion As a Path to Awakening" class="internal-link">2008 Lovingkindness and Compassion As a Path to Awakening</a>
<a data-href="Equanimity in Compassion" class="internal-link">Equanimity in Compassion</a> | 63 | <a data-href="2007 Lovingkindness and Compassion As a Path to Awakening" class="internal-link">2007 Lovingkindness and Compassion As a Path to Awakening</a>
<a data-href="Love and Emptiness" class="internal-link">Love and Emptiness</a> | 59 | <a data-href="2007 Lovingkindness and Compassion As a Path to Awakening" class="internal-link">2007 Lovingkindness and Compassion As a Path to Awakening</a>
<a data-href="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves" class="internal-link">Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves</a> | 51 | <a data-href="2008 Lovingkindness and Compassion As a Path to Awakening" class="internal-link">2008 Lovingkindness and Compassion As a Path to Awakening</a>
<a data-href="Love and the Emptiness of Things" class="internal-link">Love and the Emptiness of Things</a> | 48 | <a data-href="2008 Lovingkindness and Compassion As a Path to Awakening" class="internal-link">2008 Lovingkindness and Compassion As a Path to Awakening</a>
<a data-href="Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion" class="internal-link">Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion</a> | 20 | <a data-href="2008 Lovingkindness and Compassion As a Path to Awakening" class="internal-link">2008 Lovingkindness and Compassion As a Path to Awakening</a>
<a data-href="Guided Meditation on Gratitude and Compassion" class="internal-link">Guided Meditation on Gratitude and Compassion</a> | 18 | <a data-href="2008 Lovingkindness and Compassion As a Path to Awakening" class="internal-link">2008 Lovingkindness and Compassion As a Path to Awakening</a>
<a data-href="Preliminaries Regarding Voice, Movement, and Gesture - Part 4" class="internal-link">Preliminaries Regarding Voice, Movement, and Gesture - Part 4</a> | 13 | <a data-href="2020 Vajra Music" class="internal-link">2020 Vajra Music</a>
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<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Birth of a Bodhisattva > What allows this kind of compassion to arise and stay" data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva#What allows this kind of compassion to arise and stay" class="internal-link">What allows this kind of compassion to arise and stay?</a> | 10 | <a data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva" class="internal-link">The Birth of a Bodhisattva</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > Compassion has kindness in it and acceptance and listening and a quality of opening and happiness and faith" data-href="Compassion (talk)#Compassion has kindness in it and acceptance and listening and a quality of opening and happiness and faith" class="internal-link">Compassion has kindness in it, and acceptance, and listening, and a quality of opening, and happiness, and faith</a> | 10 | <a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Birth of a Bodhisattva > The whole range of feeling compassion is important" data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva#The whole range of feeling compassion is important" class="internal-link">The whole range of feeling compassion is important</a> | 9 | <a data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva" class="internal-link">The Birth of a Bodhisattva</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > Compassion needs to become a current in our life" data-href="Compassion (talk)#Compassion needs to become a current in our life" class="internal-link">Compassion needs to become a current in our life</a> | 8 | <a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > Remaining percipient of whats beautiful; redirect compassion towards ourselves" data-href="Compassion (talk)#Remaining percipient of what's beautiful; redirect compassion towards ourselves" class="internal-link">Remaining percipient of what's beautiful; redirect compassion towards ourselves</a> | 8 | <a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > Compassion also includes the steadiness of equanimity and wisdom" data-href="Compassion (talk)#Compassion also includes the steadiness of equanimity and wisdom" class="internal-link">Compassion also includes the steadiness of equanimity, and wisdom</a> | 7 | <a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Practice of Compassion > Giving compassion to mind moments" data-href="The Practice of Compassion#Giving compassion to mind moments" class="internal-link">Giving compassion to mind moments</a> | 7 | <a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Preliminaries Regarding Voice, Movement, and Gesture - Part 4 > Also add metta in an adhoc fassion to counteract self-consciousness" data-href="Preliminaries Regarding Voice, Movement, and Gesture - Part 4#Also add metta in an adhoc fassion to counteract self-consciousness" class="internal-link">Also add metta in an adhoc fassion to counteract self-consciousness</a> | 6 | <a data-href="Preliminaries Regarding Voice, Movement, and Gesture - Part 4" class="internal-link">Preliminaries Regarding Voice, Movement, and Gesture - Part 4</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Guided Meditation on Gratitude and Compassion > Compassion according to categories of being or directions or just the sense of the body radiating compassion" data-href="Guided Meditation on Gratitude and Compassion#Compassion according to categories of being or directions or just the sense of the body radiating compassion" class="internal-link">Compassion according to categories of being, or directions, or just the sense of the body radiating compassion</a> | 6 | <a data-href="Guided Meditation on Gratitude and Compassion" class="internal-link">Guided Meditation on Gratitude and Compassion</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > Taking care of happiness allows compassion" data-href="Compassion (talk)#Taking care of happiness allows compassion" class="internal-link">Taking care of happiness allows compassion</a> | 6 | <a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Practice of Compassion > A space radiating compassion" data-href="The Practice of Compassion#A space radiating compassion" class="internal-link">A space radiating compassion</a> | 6 | <a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Preliminaries Regarding Voice, Movement, and Gesture - Part 4 > Mantras also dont necessarily have particular meaning either" data-href="Preliminaries Regarding Voice, Movement, and Gesture - Part 4#Mantras also don't necessarily have particular meaning either" class="internal-link">Mantras also don't necessarily have particular meaning either</a> | 5 | <a data-href="Preliminaries Regarding Voice, Movement, and Gesture - Part 4" class="internal-link">Preliminaries Regarding Voice, Movement, and Gesture - Part 4</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="A Hidden Treasure - The Relationship with the Hindrances > Self-compassion like any compassion will soften everything" data-href="A Hidden Treasure - The Relationship with the Hindrances#Self-compassion like any compassion will soften everything" class="internal-link">Self-compassion (like any compassion) will soften everything</a> | 5 | <a data-href="A Hidden Treasure - The Relationship with the Hindrances" class="internal-link">A Hidden Treasure - The Relationship with the Hindrances</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Birth of a Bodhisattva > Two central aspirations for a bodhisattva boundless compassion and understanding emptiness" data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva#Two central aspirations for a bodhisattva boundless compassion and understanding emptiness" class="internal-link">Two central aspirations for a bodhisattva: boundless compassion and understanding emptiness</a> | 5 | <a data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva" class="internal-link">The Birth of a Bodhisattva</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Birth of a Bodhisattva > A Bodhisattva lives their life with compassion at the centre of their priority" data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva#A Bodhisattva lives their life with compassion at the centre of their priority" class="internal-link">A Bodhisattva lives their life with compassion at the centre of their priority</a> | 5 | <a data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva" class="internal-link">The Birth of a Bodhisattva</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Birth of a Bodhisattva > You can take the skill from the cushion into the personal life" data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva#You can take the skill from the cushion into the personal life" class="internal-link">You can take the skill from the cushion into the personal life</a> | 5 | <a data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva" class="internal-link">The Birth of a Bodhisattva</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Birth of a Bodhisattva > Doing is an aspect of compassion" data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva#Doing is an aspect of compassion" class="internal-link">Doing is an aspect of compassion</a> | 5 | <a data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva" class="internal-link">The Birth of a Bodhisattva</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Birth of a Bodhisattva > Compassion is borne out of the understanding of the causes and conditions of suffering" data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva#Compassion is borne out of the understanding of the causes and conditions of suffering" class="internal-link">Compassion is borne out of the understanding of the causes and conditions of suffering</a> | 5 | <a data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva" class="internal-link">The Birth of a Bodhisattva</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Guided Meditation - Directing Love Towards Dharmas > Bathe that experience in kindness and compassion" data-href="Guided Meditation - Directing Love Towards Dharmas#Bathe that experience in kindness and compassion" class="internal-link">Bathe that experience in kindness and compassion</a> | 5 | <a data-href="Guided Meditation - Directing Love Towards Dharmas" class="internal-link">Guided Meditation - Directing Love Towards Dharmas</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Love and the Emptiness of Things > In the Mahayana traditions compassion includes loving-kindness" data-href="Love and the Emptiness of Things#In the Mahayana traditions compassion includes loving-kindness" class="internal-link">In the Mahayana traditions, "compassion" includes loving-kindness</a> | 5 | <a data-href="Love and the Emptiness of Things" class="internal-link">Love and the Emptiness of Things</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Guided Meditation on Gratitude and Compassion > Compassion to all animals and plant life" data-href="Guided Meditation on Gratitude and Compassion#Compassion to all animals and plant life" class="internal-link">Compassion to all animals and plant life</a> | 5 | <a data-href="Guided Meditation on Gratitude and Compassion" class="internal-link">Guided Meditation on Gratitude and Compassion</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > Compassion is the hearts natural response to suffering" data-href="Compassion (talk)#Compassion is the heart's natural response to suffering" class="internal-link">Compassion is the heart's natural response to suffering</a> | 5 | <a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > Through compassion we are reconnecting with our heart" data-href="Compassion (talk)#Through compassion we are reconnecting with our heart" class="internal-link">Through compassion we are reconnecting with our heart</a> | 5 | <a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > Energizing rather tiring pleasant rather than unpleasant" data-href="Compassion (talk)#Energizing rather tiring pleasant rather than unpleasant" class="internal-link">Energizing rather tiring, pleasant rather than unpleasant</a> | 5 | <a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > We can get sometimes a sense of a compassion that its not the self doing it" data-href="Compassion (talk)#We can get sometimes a sense of a compassion that it's not the self doing it" class="internal-link">We can get sometimes a sense of a compassion that it's not the self doing it</a> | 5 | <a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Equanimity in Compassion > Still the self giving compassion is a necessary aspect of our humanity" data-href="Equanimity in Compassion#Still the self giving compassion is a necessary aspect of our humanity" class="internal-link">Still, the self giving compassion is a necessary aspect of our humanity</a> | 5 | <a data-href="Equanimity in Compassion" class="internal-link">Equanimity in Compassion</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Equanimity in Compassion > So we need to ask ourselves in those situations how we can get at least some of what we need in a healthy way" data-href="Equanimity in Compassion#So we need to ask ourselves in those situations how we can get at least some of what we need in a healthy way" class="internal-link">So we need to ask ourselves in those situations how we can get at least some of what we need in a healthy way</a> | 5 | <a data-href="Equanimity in Compassion" class="internal-link">Equanimity in Compassion</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Love and Emptiness > Seeing all things with compassion" data-href="Love and Emptiness#Seeing all things with compassion" class="internal-link">"Seeing all things with compassion"</a> | 5 | <a data-href="Love and Emptiness" class="internal-link">Love and Emptiness</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Love and Emptiness > Rob For now do not mix pure metta and pure compassion practice" data-href="Love and Emptiness# Rob For now do not mix pure metta and pure compassion practice" class="internal-link"> Rob: For now, do not mix pure metta and pure compassion practice</a> | 5 | <a data-href="Love and Emptiness" class="internal-link">Love and Emptiness</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Practice of Compassion > Many people are wary that they might be taking on more suffering through compassion" data-href="The Practice of Compassion#Many people are wary that they might be taking on more suffering through compassion" class="internal-link">Many people are wary that they might be taking on more suffering through compassion</a> | 5 | <a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Practice of Compassion > Compassion should be an energizing pleasant quality" data-href="The Practice of Compassion#Compassion should be an energizing pleasant quality" class="internal-link">Compassion should be an energizing, pleasant quality</a> | 5 | <a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Practice of Compassion > When theres metta and compassion for oneself the ego can take its rightful place in the scheme of things" data-href="The Practice of Compassion#When there's metta and compassion for oneself the ego can take its rightful place in the scheme of things" class="internal-link">When there's metta and compassion for oneself, the ego can take its rightful place in the scheme of things</a> | 5 | <a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Practice of Compassion > Cultivating a climate of compassion" data-href="The Practice of Compassion#Cultivating a climate of compassion" class="internal-link">Cultivating a climate of compassion</a> | 5 | <a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Practice of Compassion > Rob We are not completely in control of what will happen but acting out of compassion is still the best way to live" data-href="The Practice of Compassion#Rob We are not completely in control of what will happen but acting out of compassion is still the best way to live" class="internal-link">Rob: We are not completely in control of what will happen, but acting out of compassion is still the best way to live</a> | 5 | <a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Love and the Emptiness of Things > This practice softens the boundaries of the self" data-href="Love and the Emptiness of Things#This practice softens the boundaries of the self" class="internal-link">This practice softens the boundaries of the self</a> | 4 | <a data-href="Love and the Emptiness of Things" class="internal-link">Love and the Emptiness of Things</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Love and the Emptiness of Things > Recap guided meditation directing the stream of loving-kindness and compassion towards experience" data-href="Love and the Emptiness of Things#Recap guided meditation directing the stream of loving-kindness and compassion towards experience" class="internal-link">Recap guided meditation: directing the stream of loving-kindness and compassion towards experience</a> | 4 | <a data-href="Love and the Emptiness of Things" class="internal-link">Love and the Emptiness of Things</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves > Compassion is a lighter energy than metta so phrases can be used more lightly" data-href="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves#Compassion is a lighter energy than metta so phrases can be used more lightly" class="internal-link">Compassion is a lighter energy than metta, so phrases can be used more lightly</a> | 4 | <a data-href="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves" class="internal-link">Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves > The lens of compassion is used to tune into any subtle manifestation of suffering" data-href="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves#The lens of compassion is used to tune into any subtle manifestation of suffering" class="internal-link">The lens of compassion is used to tune into any subtle manifestation of suffering</a> | 4 | <a data-href="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves" class="internal-link">Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves > This way there is a bit more openness in the compassion practice" data-href="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves#This way there is a bit more openness in the compassion practice" class="internal-link">This way there is a bit more openness in the compassion practice</a> | 4 | <a data-href="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves" class="internal-link">Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves > 2 Compassion to self is compassion to mind moments" data-href="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves#2 Compassion to self is compassion to mind moments" class="internal-link">(2) Compassion to self is compassion to mind moments</a> | 4 | <a data-href="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves" class="internal-link">Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves > This frees up the sense of self which frees up more compassion" data-href="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves#This frees up the sense of self which frees up more compassion" class="internal-link">This frees up the sense of self, which frees up more compassion</a> | 4 | <a data-href="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves" class="internal-link">Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves > Giving compassion to ownerless mind moments" data-href="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves#Giving compassion to ownerless mind moments" class="internal-link">Giving compassion to ownerless mind moments</a> | 4 | <a data-href="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves" class="internal-link">Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > Its easy to see compassion as a kind of burden" data-href="Compassion (talk)#It's easy to see compassion as a kind of burden" class="internal-link">It's easy to see compassion as a kind of burden</a> | 4 | <a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > We fear that compassion will overwhelm us" data-href="Compassion (talk)#We fear that compassion will overwhelm us" class="internal-link">We fear that compassion will overwhelm us</a> | 4 | <a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > Cultivating compassion through Tonglen or through devotion" data-href="Compassion (talk)#Cultivating compassion through Tonglen or through devotion" class="internal-link">Cultivating compassion through Tonglen, or through devotion</a> | 4 | <a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > Associate with the compassionate" data-href="Compassion (talk)#Associate with the compassionate" class="internal-link">Associate with the compassionate</a> | 4 | <a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > Expect them its part of humanity and how we learn" data-href="Compassion (talk)#Expect them it's part of humanity and how we learn" class="internal-link">Expect them, it's part of humanity and how we learn</a> | 4 | <a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > 2 Righteous Anger" data-href="Compassion (talk)#2 Righteous Anger" class="internal-link">(2) (Righteous) Anger</a> | 4 | <a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > 3 Pity" data-href="Compassion (talk)#3 Pity" class="internal-link">(3) Pity</a> | 4 | <a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion > As we practice metta insight comes with that" data-href="Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion#As we practice metta insight comes with that" class="internal-link">As we practice metta, insight comes with that</a> | 4 | <a data-href="Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion" class="internal-link">Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Exploring the World of Loving Kindness > We need to discriminate between metta and compassion" data-href="Exploring the World of Loving Kindness#We need to discriminate between metta and compassion" class="internal-link">We need to discriminate between metta and compassion</a> | 4 | <a data-href="Exploring the World of Loving Kindness" class="internal-link">Exploring the World of Loving Kindness</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Joy (talk) > Metta and compassion bring happiness" data-href="Joy (talk)#Metta and compassion bring happiness" class="internal-link">Metta and compassion bring happiness</a> | 4 | <a data-href="Joy (talk)" class="internal-link">Joy (talk)</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Equanimity in Compassion > Equanimity makes the compassion steady in the face of suffering" data-href="Equanimity in Compassion#Equanimity makes the compassion steady in the face of suffering" class="internal-link">Equanimity makes the compassion steady in the face of suffering</a> | 4 | <a data-href="Equanimity in Compassion" class="internal-link">Equanimity in Compassion</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Equanimity in Compassion > Equanimity means buoyancy not to sink underneath the weight of the suffering" data-href="Equanimity in Compassion#Equanimity means buoyancy not to sink underneath the weight of the suffering" class="internal-link">Equanimity means buoyancy, not to sink underneath the weight of the suffering</a> | 4 | <a data-href="Equanimity in Compassion" class="internal-link">Equanimity in Compassion</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Equanimity in Compassion > How much is the self _doing_ the compassion practice" data-href="Equanimity in Compassion#How much is the self _doing_ the compassion practice" class="internal-link">How much is the self _doing_ the compassion practice</a> | 4 | <a data-href="Equanimity in Compassion" class="internal-link">Equanimity in Compassion</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Equanimity in Compassion > Still loving-kindness and compassion is the best way to live even if actions or results seem to fall short" data-href="Equanimity in Compassion#Still loving-kindness and compassion is the best way to live even if actions or results seem to fall short" class="internal-link">Still, loving-kindness and compassion is the best way to live, even if actions or results seem to fall short</a> | 4 | <a data-href="Equanimity in Compassion" class="internal-link">Equanimity in Compassion</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Love and Emptiness > Recap guided meditation - Metta to phenomena" data-href="Love and Emptiness#Recap guided meditation - Metta to phenomena" class="internal-link">Recap guided meditation - Metta to phenomena</a> | 4 | <a data-href="Love and Emptiness" class="internal-link">Love and Emptiness</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Love and Emptiness > Rob Compassion practice tunes into suffering and the outgoing healing can feel like metta" data-href="Love and Emptiness#Rob Compassion practice tunes into suffering and the outgoing healing can feel like metta" class="internal-link">Rob: Compassion practice tunes into suffering, and the outgoing healing can feel like metta</a> | 4 | <a data-href="Love and Emptiness" class="internal-link">Love and Emptiness</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Practice of Compassion > Compassion involves different qualities e g empathy" data-href="The Practice of Compassion#Compassion involves different qualities e g empathy" class="internal-link">Compassion involves different qualities, e.g. empathy</a> | 4 | <a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Practice of Compassion > Different practices for compassion" data-href="The Practice of Compassion#Different practices for compassion" class="internal-link">Different practices for compassion</a> | 4 | <a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Practice of Compassion > When theres insight into suffering compassion comes automatically" data-href="The Practice of Compassion#When there's insight into suffering compassion comes automatically" class="internal-link">When there's insight into suffering, compassion comes automatically</a> | 4 | <a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Practice of Compassion > 4 near enemies fear anger pity grief" data-href="The Practice of Compassion#4 near enemies fear anger pity grief" class="internal-link">4 near enemies: fear, anger, pity, grief</a> | 4 | <a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Practice of Compassion > When feeling the pain of anger coming in remember to give compassion to yourself" data-href="The Practice of Compassion#When feeling the pain of anger coming in remember to give compassion to yourself" class="internal-link">When feeling the pain of anger coming in, remember to give compassion to yourself</a> | 4 | <a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Practice of Compassion > Compassion wants to alleviate suffering but not by pushing it away out of aversion" data-href="The Practice of Compassion#Compassion wants to alleviate suffering but not by pushing it away out of aversion" class="internal-link">Compassion wants to alleviate suffering, but not by pushing it away out of aversion</a> | 4 | <a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Practice of Compassion > How to practice if the other person doesnt seem to have much suffering in their life" data-href="The Practice of Compassion#How to practice if the other person doesn't seem to have much suffering in their life" class="internal-link">How to practice if the other person doesn't seem to have much suffering in their life</a> | 4 | <a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Practice of Compassion > Yogi I feel I need to connect with mettā before being able to be in the compassion space" data-href="The Practice of Compassion#Yogi I feel I need to connect with mettā before being able to be in the compassion space" class="internal-link">Yogi: I feel I need to connect with mettā before being able to be in the compassion space</a> | 4 | <a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a>
<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Practice of Compassion > Rob Be clear what the difference is; get more and more used to the feeling of compassion" data-href="The Practice of Compassion#Rob Be clear what the difference is; get more and more used to the feeling of compassion" class="internal-link">Rob: Be clear what the difference is; get more and more used to the feeling of compassion</a> | 4 | <a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a>
### Terms with 20+ co-occurrences
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[[Metta]] | 139 | <span class="counts"><a data-href="Love and Emptiness" class="internal-link">Love and Emptiness</a> (21) · <a data-href="Love and the Emptiness of Things" class="internal-link">Love and the Emptiness of Things</a> (16) · <a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a> (15) · <a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a> (12) · <a data-href="From Insight to Love" class="internal-link">From Insight to Love</a> (10) · <a data-href="Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion" class="internal-link">Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion</a> (10) · <a data-href="Equanimity in Compassion" class="internal-link">Equanimity in Compassion</a> (9) · <a data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva" class="internal-link">The Birth of a Bodhisattva</a> (7) · <a data-href="The Place of Samadhi in Metta Practice" class="internal-link">The Place of Samadhi in Metta Practice</a> (7) · <a data-href="Guided meditation - Metta to phenomena" class="internal-link">Guided meditation - Metta to phenomena</a> (6) · <a data-href="Exploring the World of Loving Kindness" class="internal-link">Exploring the World of Loving Kindness</a> (4) · <a data-href="Expressions of Metta" class="internal-link">Expressions of Metta</a> (4) · <a data-href="Guided Meditation - Directing Love Towards Dharmas" class="internal-link">Guided Meditation - Directing Love Towards Dharmas</a> (4) · <a data-href="Equanimity (talk)" class="internal-link">Equanimity (talk)</a> (3) · <a data-href="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves" class="internal-link">Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves</a> (2) · <a data-href="Guided Meditation on Gratitude and Compassion" class="internal-link">Guided Meditation on Gratitude and Compassion</a> (2) · <a data-href="Joy (talk)" class="internal-link">Joy (talk)</a> (2) · <a data-href="Preliminaries Regarding Voice, Movement, and Gesture - Part 4" class="internal-link">Preliminaries Regarding Voice, Movement, and Gesture - Part 4</a> (2)</span>
[[Dukkha]] | 121 | <span class="counts"><a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a> (33) · <a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a> (24) · <a data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva" class="internal-link">The Birth of a Bodhisattva</a> (21) · <a data-href="Equanimity in Compassion" class="internal-link">Equanimity in Compassion</a> (14) · <a data-href="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves" class="internal-link">Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves</a> (11) · <a data-href="Guided Meditation on Gratitude and Compassion" class="internal-link">Guided Meditation on Gratitude and Compassion</a> (5) · <a data-href="Love and Emptiness" class="internal-link">Love and Emptiness</a> (4) · <a data-href="Love and the Emptiness of Things" class="internal-link">Love and the Emptiness of Things</a> (2) · <a data-href="Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion" class="internal-link">Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion</a> (2)</span>
[[Love]] | 84 | <span class="counts"><a data-href="Love and Emptiness" class="internal-link">Love and Emptiness</a> (16) · <a data-href="Love and the Emptiness of Things" class="internal-link">Love and the Emptiness of Things</a> (13) · <a data-href="Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion" class="internal-link">Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion</a> (9) · <a data-href="From Insight to Love" class="internal-link">From Insight to Love</a> (6) · <a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a> (6) · <a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a> (5) · <a data-href="Equanimity in Compassion" class="internal-link">Equanimity in Compassion</a> (5) · <a data-href="Guided meditation - Metta to phenomena" class="internal-link">Guided meditation - Metta to phenomena</a> (5) · <a data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva" class="internal-link">The Birth of a Bodhisattva</a> (4) · <a data-href="Expressions of Metta" class="internal-link">Expressions of Metta</a> (3) · <a data-href="Guided Meditation - Directing Love Towards Dharmas" class="internal-link">Guided Meditation - Directing Love Towards Dharmas</a> (3) · <a data-href="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves" class="internal-link">Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves</a> (2) · <a data-href="Exploring the World of Loving Kindness" class="internal-link">Exploring the World of Loving Kindness</a> (2)</span>
[[Insight]] | 76 | <span class="counts"><a data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva" class="internal-link">The Birth of a Bodhisattva</a> (13) · <a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a> (12) · <a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a> (10) · <a data-href="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves" class="internal-link">Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves</a> (8) · <a data-href="Love and the Emptiness of Things" class="internal-link">Love and the Emptiness of Things</a> (8) · <a data-href="Equanimity in Compassion" class="internal-link">Equanimity in Compassion</a> (7) · <a data-href="Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion" class="internal-link">Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion</a> (5) · <a data-href="Love and Emptiness" class="internal-link">Love and Emptiness</a> (4) · <a data-href="From Insight to Love" class="internal-link">From Insight to Love</a> (3) · <a data-href="The Place of Samadhi in Metta Practice" class="internal-link">The Place of Samadhi in Metta Practice</a> (2)</span>
[[Equanimity]] | 47 | <span class="counts"><a data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva" class="internal-link">The Birth of a Bodhisattva</a> (15) · <a data-href="Equanimity in Compassion" class="internal-link">Equanimity in Compassion</a> (14) · <a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a> (6) · <a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a> (2) · <a data-href="Equanimity (talk)" class="internal-link">Equanimity (talk)</a> (2) · <a data-href="Love and the Emptiness of Things" class="internal-link">Love and the Emptiness of Things</a> (2) · <a data-href="Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion" class="internal-link">Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion</a> (2)</span>
[[The Self]] | 44 | <span class="counts"><a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a> (9) · <a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a> (8) · <a data-href="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves" class="internal-link">Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves</a> (7) · <a data-href="Equanimity in Compassion" class="internal-link">Equanimity in Compassion</a> (6) · <a data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva" class="internal-link">The Birth of a Bodhisattva</a> (4) · <a data-href="Expressions of Metta" class="internal-link">Expressions of Metta</a> (2) · <a data-href="Preliminaries Regarding Voice, Movement, and Gesture - Part 4" class="internal-link">Preliminaries Regarding Voice, Movement, and Gesture - Part 4</a> (2)</span>
[[Mind]] | 43 | <span class="counts"><a data-href="Love and Emptiness" class="internal-link">Love and Emptiness</a> (8) · <a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a> (5) · <a data-href="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves" class="internal-link">Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves</a> (4) · <a data-href="Love and the Emptiness of Things" class="internal-link">Love and the Emptiness of Things</a> (4) · <a data-href="The Place of Samadhi in Metta Practice" class="internal-link">The Place of Samadhi in Metta Practice</a> (4) · <a data-href="Equanimity in Compassion" class="internal-link">Equanimity in Compassion</a> (3) · <a data-href="From Insight to Love" class="internal-link">From Insight to Love</a> (3) · <a data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva" class="internal-link">The Birth of a Bodhisattva</a> (3) · <a data-href="Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion" class="internal-link">Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion</a> (3) · <a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a> (2) · <a data-href="Guided Meditation on Gratitude and Compassion" class="internal-link">Guided Meditation on Gratitude and Compassion</a> (2)</span>
[[Retreat]] | 39 | <span class="counts"><a data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva" class="internal-link">The Birth of a Bodhisattva</a> (9) · <a data-href="Love and the Emptiness of Things" class="internal-link">Love and the Emptiness of Things</a> (5) · <a data-href="The Place of Samadhi in Metta Practice" class="internal-link">The Place of Samadhi in Metta Practice</a> (4) · <a data-href="Equanimity in Compassion" class="internal-link">Equanimity in Compassion</a> (3) · <a data-href="Love and Emptiness" class="internal-link">Love and Emptiness</a> (3) · <a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a> (3) · <a data-href="Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion" class="internal-link">Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion</a> (3) · <a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a> (2) · <a data-href="Expressions of Metta" class="internal-link">Expressions of Metta</a> (2)</span>
[[Experience]] | 37 | <span class="counts"><a data-href="Love and the Emptiness of Things" class="internal-link">Love and the Emptiness of Things</a> (10) · <a data-href="Guided Meditation - Directing Love Towards Dharmas" class="internal-link">Guided Meditation - Directing Love Towards Dharmas</a> (5) · <a data-href="Guided meditation - Metta to phenomena" class="internal-link">Guided meditation - Metta to phenomena</a> (4) · <a data-href="Love and Emptiness" class="internal-link">Love and Emptiness</a> (4) · <a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a> (3) · <a data-href="Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion" class="internal-link">Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion</a> (3) · <a data-href="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves" class="internal-link">Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves</a> (2) · <a data-href="Equanimity in Compassion" class="internal-link">Equanimity in Compassion</a> (2) · <a data-href="From Insight to Love" class="internal-link">From Insight to Love</a> (2)</span>
[[Samadhi]] | 37 | <span class="counts"><a data-href="The Place of Samadhi in Metta Practice" class="internal-link">The Place of Samadhi in Metta Practice</a> (7) · <a data-href="Equanimity in Compassion" class="internal-link">Equanimity in Compassion</a> (6) · <a data-href="Love and the Emptiness of Things" class="internal-link">Love and the Emptiness of Things</a> (4) · <a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a> (3) · <a data-href="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves" class="internal-link">Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves</a> (2) · <a data-href="Love and Emptiness" class="internal-link">Love and Emptiness</a> (2) · <a data-href="Samadhi in Metta Practice" class="internal-link">Samadhi in Metta Practice</a> (2) · <a data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva" class="internal-link">The Birth of a Bodhisattva</a> (2) · <a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a> (2) · <a data-href="Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion" class="internal-link">Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion</a> (2)</span>
[[Buddha]] | 33 | <span class="counts"><a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a> (6) · <a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a> (5) · <a data-href="Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion" class="internal-link">Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion</a> (5) · <a data-href="Love and the Emptiness of Things" class="internal-link">Love and the Emptiness of Things</a> (4) · <a data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva" class="internal-link">The Birth of a Bodhisattva</a> (4) · <a data-href="Love and Emptiness" class="internal-link">Love and Emptiness</a> (3) · <a data-href="From Insight to Love" class="internal-link">From Insight to Love</a> (2)</span>
[[Happiness]] | 32 | <span class="counts"><a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a> (7) · <a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a> (7) · <a data-href="Equanimity in Compassion" class="internal-link">Equanimity in Compassion</a> (5) · <a data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva" class="internal-link">The Birth of a Bodhisattva</a> (3) · <a data-href="Equanimity (talk)" class="internal-link">Equanimity (talk)</a> (2) · <a data-href="Joy (talk)" class="internal-link">Joy (talk)</a> (2)</span>
[[Cultivation]] | 31 | <span class="counts"><a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a> (6) · <a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a> (6) · <a data-href="Love and the Emptiness of Things" class="internal-link">Love and the Emptiness of Things</a> (4) · <a data-href="Love and Emptiness" class="internal-link">Love and Emptiness</a> (3) · <a data-href="Equanimity in Compassion" class="internal-link">Equanimity in Compassion</a> (2) · <a data-href="From Insight to Love" class="internal-link">From Insight to Love</a> (2) · <a data-href="Guided Meditation on Gratitude and Compassion" class="internal-link">Guided Meditation on Gratitude and Compassion</a> (2) · <a data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva" class="internal-link">The Birth of a Bodhisattva</a> (2)</span>
[[Emptiness]] | 31 | <span class="counts"><a data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva" class="internal-link">The Birth of a Bodhisattva</a> (7) · <a data-href="Love and Emptiness" class="internal-link">Love and Emptiness</a> (5) · <a data-href="Love and the Emptiness of Things" class="internal-link">Love and the Emptiness of Things</a> (5) · <a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a> (3) · <a data-href="Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion" class="internal-link">Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion</a> (3) · <a data-href="Equanimity in Compassion" class="internal-link">Equanimity in Compassion</a> (2) · <a data-href="From Insight to Love" class="internal-link">From Insight to Love</a> (2)</span>
[[Consciousness]] | 27 | <span class="counts"><a data-href="Love and Emptiness" class="internal-link">Love and Emptiness</a> (5) · <a data-href="Guided meditation - Metta to phenomena" class="internal-link">Guided meditation - Metta to phenomena</a> (4) · <a data-href="Love and the Emptiness of Things" class="internal-link">Love and the Emptiness of Things</a> (3) · <a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a> (2) · <a data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva" class="internal-link">The Birth of a Bodhisattva</a> (2) · <a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a> (2) · <a data-href="Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion" class="internal-link">Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion</a> (2)</span>
[[Awareness]] | 23 | <span class="counts"><a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a> (5) · <a data-href="Guided Meditation on Gratitude and Compassion" class="internal-link">Guided Meditation on Gratitude and Compassion</a> (3) · <a data-href="Guided meditation - Metta to phenomena" class="internal-link">Guided meditation - Metta to phenomena</a> (3) · <a data-href="Love and the Emptiness of Things" class="internal-link">Love and the Emptiness of Things</a> (3) · <a data-href="From Insight to Love" class="internal-link">From Insight to Love</a> (2) · <a data-href="Love and Emptiness" class="internal-link">Love and Emptiness</a> (2)</span>
[[Embodiment]] | 21 | <span class="counts"><a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a> (3) · <a data-href="Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion" class="internal-link">Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion</a> (3) · <a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a> (2) · <a data-href="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves" class="internal-link">Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves</a> (2) · <a data-href="From Insight to Love" class="internal-link">From Insight to Love</a> (2) · <a data-href="Guided Meditation on Gratitude and Compassion" class="internal-link">Guided Meditation on Gratitude and Compassion</a> (2) · <a data-href="Guided meditation - Metta to phenomena" class="internal-link">Guided meditation - Metta to phenomena</a> (2) · <a data-href="Love and the Emptiness of Things" class="internal-link">Love and the Emptiness of Things</a> (2)</span>
[[Healing]] | 20 | <span class="counts"><a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a> (7) · <a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a> (4) · <a data-href="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves" class="internal-link">Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves</a> (3) · <a data-href="Equanimity (talk)" class="internal-link">Equanimity (talk)</a> (1)</span>
[[Nature]] | 20 | <span class="counts"><a data-href="Love and the Emptiness of Things" class="internal-link">Love and the Emptiness of Things</a> (6) · <a data-href="Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion" class="internal-link">Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion</a> (3) · <a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a> (2) · <a data-href="Equanimity in Compassion" class="internal-link">Equanimity in Compassion</a> (2) · <a data-href="Love and Emptiness" class="internal-link">Love and Emptiness</a> (2) · <a data-href="The Place of Samadhi in Metta Practice" class="internal-link">The Place of Samadhi in Metta Practice</a> (2) · <a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a> (2)</span>
### Quotes
**<a data-href="The Practice of Compassion" class="internal-link">The Practice of Compassion</a>**
<span class="counts"><a data-href="2007 Lovingkindness and Compassion As a Path to Awakening" class="internal-link">2007 Lovingkindness and Compassion As a Path to Awakening</a></span>
> So we see sorrow in someone, and somehow we also feel sorrow. This is, to me, a miraculous quality of the human heart - maybe some animals' as well; I don't know. The heart has a capacity to resonate, in a very beautiful way, with the sorrow that it encounters in the world. So that's a huge part of compassion. Maybe half of compassion is empathy. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Practice of Compassion > Compassion involves different qualities e g empathy" data-href="The Practice of Compassion#Compassion involves different qualities e g empathy" class="internal-link">Compassion involves different qualities, e.g. empathy</a>_</span>
> [W]hen the [compassion](https://publish.obsidian.md/rob-burbea/Index/Compassion) has gone off into righteous anger or we feel that kind of anger come in, it's actually painful for us. So sometimes this might happen in the course of your practice, if you're giving compassion to the difficult person. To take a moment and just give the compassion to oneself, recognizing there's some pain there. If I'm involved in judgment, if I'm involved in blame, in anger, in all that, my heart is burning, my heart is [contracted](https://publish.obsidian.md/rob-burbea/Index/Contraction) and painful. Just to take a moment, and turn round, and feel that pain, and touch it with compassion to oneself, and then to go out again. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Practice of Compassion > When feeling the pain of anger coming in remember to give compassion to yourself" data-href="The Practice of Compassion#When feeling the pain of anger coming in remember to give compassion to yourself" class="internal-link">When feeling the pain of anger coming in, remember to give compassion to yourself</a>_</span>
> [Compassion](https://publish.obsidian.md/rob-burbea/Index/Compassion) is something that's actually energizing and healing, and moves towards the alleviation of suffering. Self-pity will just keep it cycling. It's disempowering. It actually _keeps_ suffering there. Compassion to self and other is empowering and not debilitating. So in the practice, you can see: when has pity crept in, and is there some way I can equalize things again? <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Practice of Compassion > Self-pity is disempowering" data-href="The Practice of Compassion#Self-pity is disempowering" class="internal-link">Self-pity is disempowering</a>_</span>
> In that climate of compassion, with a little bit more broad awareness, it's like a lens of looking at the present moment, the present experience, through the lens of seeing suffering and the end of suffering, in the moment. So we begin to see little sufferings, little ways that we're creating suffering. And organically somehow, because of the compassion practice, we can just unhook. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Practice of Compassion > Looking at the present experience through the lens of seeing suffering and the end of suffering" data-href="The Practice of Compassion#Looking at the present experience through the lens of seeing suffering and the end of suffering" class="internal-link">Looking at the present experience, through the lens of seeing suffering and the end of suffering</a>_</span>
> We need, as I said, to touch the suffering of life with the compassion practice, and also to see the commonality and see the oneness. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Practice of Compassion > We need to touch suffering with compassion and also see the commonality and the oneness" data-href="The Practice of Compassion#We need to touch suffering with compassion and also see the commonality and the oneness" class="internal-link">We need to touch suffering with compassion, and also see the commonality and the oneness</a>_</span>
> But the space is quite important. Just a space radiating compassion. Sometimes it can feel like you're just resting in that space, and there's very little doing, very little phrases. It's just sort of not doing much; it's just a space of compassion. That can be very helpful. Sometimes, again to emphasize, to be as much as possible in the body with it. So it's almost like the body becomes compassion. It's just radiating out compassion. You've become compassion... <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Practice of Compassion > A space radiating compassion" data-href="The Practice of Compassion#A space radiating compassion" class="internal-link">A space radiating compassion</a>_</span>
**<a data-href="Love and Emptiness" class="internal-link">Love and Emptiness</a>**
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> So what we notice is, if we change the view, the perception changes. The irritability goes from the situation. How we see the situation and how we see a person depends on what the mind is bringing to it - mettā, compassion, irritability, what I want, whatever it is. And the mind's always bringing something. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Love and Emptiness > Changing the perception can make the irritability go away from the situation" data-href="Love and Emptiness#Changing the perception can make the irritability go away from the situation" class="internal-link">Changing the perception can make the irritability go away from the situation</a>_</span>
> Seeing emptiness leads to love and compassion, because it's kind of done away with the reality of separation, with the reality of barriers, with the reality of real problems, real faults, with the investment we have in self-inflating or self-depreciation. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Love and Emptiness > The indicator for emptiness is love and freedom" data-href="Love and Emptiness#The indicator for emptiness is love and freedom" class="internal-link">The indicator for emptiness is love and freedom</a>_</span>
> So it's just whatever's in consciousness, whatever's prominent, there the mettā goes. And also quite quick to see what the relationship with things is. With practice, it just becomes very evident: there's some slight aversion here. And it's clear, and then the mettā comes in or the compassion or whatever. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Love and Emptiness > Rob Both sensible and youll get very quick at doing it either way" data-href="Love and Emptiness#Rob Both sensible and you'll get very quick at doing it either way" class="internal-link">Rob: Both sensible, and you'll get very quick at doing it either way</a>_</span>
**<a data-href="Equanimity in Compassion" class="internal-link">Equanimity in Compassion</a>**
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> That principle is something that applies to all consciousnesses - not even just human beings; all consciousnesses. Whenever there's a consciousness, the appearance of things to that consciousness depends on the push and the pull, the relationship with. And that's universal. That universality, seeing that, understanding that, brings equanimity, as I said, but brings very deep compassion, because it's got very deep wisdom with it. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Equanimity in Compassion > The true nature of all things is immeasurable" data-href="Equanimity in Compassion#The true nature of all things is immeasurable" class="internal-link">The true nature of all things is immeasurable</a>_</span>
**<a data-href="What is Insight" class="internal-link">What is Insight</a>**
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> The deeper we go into this - and it's a very gradual thing, it's a very gradual process - the deeper we go into it, the more freedom is liberated, the more joy, the more peace, the more love and compassion are liberated. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="What is Insight > This far from being nihilistic quite the opposite" data-href="What is Insight#This far from being nihilistic quite the opposite" class="internal-link">This far from being nihilistic, quite the opposite</a>_</span>
**<a data-href="The Place of Samadhi in Metta Practice" class="internal-link">The Place of Samadhi in Metta Practice</a>**
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> So these practices, loving-kindness and compassion, are really dwellings for the heart: the heart, the being, the consciousness dwells in a space, in an inner space, of beauty, of sublimity, of something that feels divine. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Place of Samadhi in Metta Practice > Our mind is often dwelling in unhelpful places" data-href="The Place of Samadhi in Metta Practice#Our mind is often dwelling in unhelpful places" class="internal-link">Our mind is often dwelling in unhelpful places</a>_</span>
**<a data-href="Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion" class="internal-link">Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion</a>**
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> It shouldn't be depressing, so only to use this if it feels like it's actually unlocking some love and compassion in the heart. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion > a Remembering death and the unpredicatibility of life" data-href="Using Insight to Deepen Love and Compassion#a Remembering death and the unpredicatibility of life" class="internal-link">a) Remembering death and the unpredicatibility of life</a>_</span>
**<a data-href="Compassion (talk)" class="internal-link">Compassion (talk)</a>**
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> [C]ompassion is the heart's natural response to suffering when not preoccupied with self, or not caught up in a negative self-view. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > Compassion is the hearts natural response to suffering" data-href="Compassion (talk)#Compassion is the heart's natural response to suffering" class="internal-link">Compassion is the heart's natural response to suffering</a>_</span>
> [W]hen the stream of loving-kindness, the stream of _mettā -_ if it's running, when it meets suffering, it turns organically and very naturally into compassion. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > It wants to alleviate the suffering" data-href="Compassion (talk)#It wants to alleviate the suffering" class="internal-link">It wants to alleviate the suffering</a>_</span>
> But compassion as such is not blind. Compassion has in it some degree of understanding of what the causes of suffering are, and in it, a willingness and a wish to uncover the causes of suffering, at as deep a level as possible. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > Compassion also includes the steadiness of equanimity and wisdom" data-href="Compassion (talk)#Compassion also includes the steadiness of equanimity and wisdom" class="internal-link">Compassion also includes the steadiness of equanimity, and wisdom</a>_</span>
> Listening is very much a quality of compassion. Sometimes we encounter someone, we're with someone - there's nothing we can do for their situation except listen, except open ourselves in that way. And that's compassion. When in a way one's giving the listening, although it's a kind of receiving, one's giving that, offering that. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > Compassion has kindness in it and acceptance and listening and a quality of opening and happiness and faith" data-href="Compassion (talk)#Compassion has kindness in it and acceptance and listening and a quality of opening and happiness and faith" class="internal-link">Compassion has kindness in it, and acceptance, and listening, and a quality of opening, and happiness, and faith</a>_</span>
> And if in our life our compassion is restricted to when we _feel_ it, that's too limited. Sometimes in our life we _don't_ feel it, but we act still. We _do_, we _act_ with compassion. We embody that intention. We cannot feel it all the time because feelings are impermanent... <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > Like metta compassion is not just a feeling" data-href="Compassion (talk)#Like metta compassion is not just a feeling" class="internal-link">Like metta, compassion is not just a feeling</a>_</span>
> I think a part of us realizes that through compassion and in compassion, there's a very deep connection going on. There's a very deep _reconnection_ going on. We are reconnecting to ourselves, some very deep aspect of ourselves, of our being, of our heart. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > Through compassion we are reconnecting with our heart" data-href="Compassion (talk)#Through compassion we are reconnecting with our heart" class="internal-link">Through compassion we are reconnecting with our heart</a>_</span>
> Even though we're opening ourselves to suffering, we're tuning into suffering, we're looking at it, we're willing to let the heart resonate with it - still, compassion is a pleasant quality. It's a pleasant abiding, a sublime or divine abiding. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > Energizing rather tiring pleasant rather than unpleasant" data-href="Compassion (talk)#Energizing rather tiring pleasant rather than unpleasant" class="internal-link">Energizing rather tiring, pleasant rather than unpleasant</a>_</span>
> The more we let go of self, the looser - rather, the more we loosen our identification, the more compassion is allowed into the being. It's like literally there is more space in the heart when we're less constricting around self-definition, self-views, ownership, identification. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > The confidence in the hearts capacity comes with time; anatta" data-href="Compassion (talk)#The confidence in the heart's capacity comes with time; anatta" class="internal-link">The confidence in the heart's capacity comes with time; anatta</a>_</span>
> And there are plenty of bodhisattvas in this world, living out a life of compassion, both in the first world and the second world and the third world and - all of it. And one can seek out these people and be around them. There are a lot of remarkable beings out there. And just to let that rub off. Let something of their compassion, but also, in a way, their _abandon,_ because there's freedom in compassion. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > Associate with the compassionate" data-href="Compassion (talk)#Associate with the compassionate" class="internal-link">Associate with the compassionate</a>_</span>
> Cultivating, developing, reinforcing - remember these habit pattern things we keep talking about. You get a record in a groove. And we're saying, with the _mettā_ and compassion, you can change that groove. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > Reinforced grooves of habit can close the doors for the possibility of deep happiness" data-href="Compassion (talk)#Reinforced grooves of habit can close the doors for the possibility of deep happiness" class="internal-link">Reinforced grooves of habit can close the doors for the possibility of deep happiness</a>_</span>
> Give the compassion to the self, and the being, the heart, can soften and open. And then perhaps the compassion can flow. When we're caught up in anger, we are hurting. When we're caught up in blame and judgment, we are hurting. Sometimes we don't realize it. So, compassion to the self. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > Remaining percipient of whats beautiful; redirect compassion towards ourselves" data-href="Compassion (talk)#Remaining percipient of what's beautiful; redirect compassion towards ourselves" class="internal-link">Remaining percipient of what's beautiful; redirect compassion towards ourselves</a>_</span>
> Compassion empowers; pity disempowers. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > 3 Pity" data-href="Compassion (talk)#3 Pity" class="internal-link">(3) Pity</a>_</span>
> So compassion to self and other is empowering, not debilitating. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > 3 Pity" data-href="Compassion (talk)#3 Pity" class="internal-link">(3) Pity</a>_</span>
> Avalokiteśvara is the bodhisattva of compassion, and one of the meanings of that is One Who Listens to the Cries of the World. Beautiful. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > Wanting to take in all the suffering is a beautiful aspiration" data-href="Compassion (talk)#Wanting to take in all the suffering is a beautiful aspiration" class="internal-link">Wanting to take in all the suffering is a beautiful aspiration</a>_</span>
> [A] little bit of balance towards the feeling of the loveliness and the happiness makes compassion enjoyable, sustainable, steady, equanimous, something that we like doing. And we need to kind of feel that energy in the body, that energy going, or even just imagine it. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > You can play with this its not a static balance" data-href="Compassion (talk)#You can play with this it's not a static balance" class="internal-link">You can play with this, it's not a static balance</a>_</span>
> It's as if the sense of the heart expands and _can_ expand so that it feels almost like it fills the space, or as if the suffering in the world is being held by a compassion that, in a way, is part of the fabric of the universe. It's a kind of universal compassion. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > 3 Spaciousness" data-href="Compassion (talk)#3 Spaciousness" class="internal-link">(3) Spaciousness</a>_</span>
> [T]he suffering in the world is _held -_ held, we could say, in the love of the universe, in the compassion of the universe, in the heart of God, whatever language works. It's almost like something deepens, and the true nature of the heart is seen as not limited, but actually infinite and vast. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > We can get sometimes a sense of a compassion that its not the self doing it" data-href="Compassion (talk)#We can get sometimes a sense of a compassion that it's not the self doing it" class="internal-link">We can get sometimes a sense of a compassion that it's not the self doing it</a>_</span>
> Instead of being rigidly, brittlely wrapped up in a kind of self-isolation, a self-definition and separateness, just dropping in the reflection of that commonness, that sharedness, the humanity, allows it to soften. And in the softening, there's an opening, and the compassion can begin to flow. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > In the realization of the humanity theres a kind of softening" data-href="Compassion (talk)#In the realization of the humanity there's a kind of softening" class="internal-link">In the realization of the humanity, there's a kind of softening</a>_</span>
> You can actually be in the practice, doing the _mettā_ or the compassion - bring this in. Think about Big Bangs, and think about stardust and the way the breath is permeable. Bring it in, and see what happens. It needs practice, but it will lead to love and compassion. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion (talk) > Interpenetrating" data-href="Compassion (talk)#Interpenetrating" class="internal-link">Interpenetrating</a>_</span>
**<a data-href="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves" class="internal-link">Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves</a>**
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> So because we're most intimate with this psychophysical organism, that's where we learn the most. And that wisdom then translates and transfers into compassion for others, because we understand the roots of suffering. The more we understand the roots of suffering, the more compassion there can be for all beings. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves > This suffering here is the one we can be most intimate with" data-href="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves#This suffering here is the one we can be most intimate with" class="internal-link">This suffering here is the one we can be most intimate with</a>_</span>
> A wrong kind of self-attention feeds, builds the ego and builds the self-sense, whereas an attention that's full of compassion, full of tenderness, full of acceptance and care, full of insight into questioning, "How is it that this suffering has come about?" - that kind of direction of the attention towards self does not build the ego, will not build the ego, will actually soften things, will actually allow things to become looser and more spacious. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves > Compassion to self does not build the ego" data-href="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves#Compassion to self does not build the ego" class="internal-link">Compassion to self does not build the ego</a>_</span>
> One sees what one's doing, what one's clinging to right there and then, and it just can unhook it - because there's this attunement to suffering, because of the compassion practice. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves > The lens of compassion is used to tune into any subtle manifestation of suffering" data-href="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves#The lens of compassion is used to tune into any subtle manifestation of suffering" class="internal-link">The lens of compassion is used to tune into any subtle manifestation of suffering</a>_</span>
> And the paradox is there: the less the receiver of compassion, and the less the giver of compassion, the more compassion there is. How odd! <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves > Giving compassion to ownerless mind moments" data-href="Compassion Part Two - Compassion for Ourselves#Giving compassion to ownerless mind moments" class="internal-link">Giving compassion to ownerless mind moments</a>_</span>
**<a data-href="Guided Meditation on Gratitude and Compassion" class="internal-link">Guided Meditation on Gratitude and Compassion</a>**
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> Holding it all in compassion. Allowing it to be held in compassion. Realizing, reflecting: nothing, absolutely nothing is outside this web, this infinite web. Sustaining us, nourishing us, giving to us. And that we too are part of that web. Sensitive to suffering. Letting it be held in compassion. And just allowing a sense of space to open up. And allowing the body to just radiate out compassion in space, filling space, all space, all directions. Filling it with that tenderness, with that healing. Holding all things in compassion. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Guided Meditation on Gratitude and Compassion > Compassion to all animals and plant life" data-href="Guided Meditation on Gratitude and Compassion#Compassion to all animals and plant life" class="internal-link">Compassion to all animals and plant life</a>_</span>
> If the _samādhi_ feels strong enough or there's a sense of settledness in the mind and the heart with the compassion, it can be almost, at times, as if the body has _turned into_ compassion. And you just let yourself _be_ compassion, and just radiate that out. Let everything become compassion. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Guided Meditation on Gratitude and Compassion > Compassion according to categories of being or directions or just the sense of the body radiating compassion" data-href="Guided Meditation on Gratitude and Compassion#Compassion according to categories of being or directions or just the sense of the body radiating compassion" class="internal-link">Compassion according to categories of being, or directions, or just the sense of the body radiating compassion</a>_</span>
**<a data-href="Guided Meditation - Directing Love Towards Dharmas" class="internal-link">Guided Meditation - Directing Love Towards Dharmas</a>**
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> So directing the stream of loving-kindness and compassion towards that experience itself, whatever the prominent experience right now, or whatever any experience in consciousness right now, just bathing it with kindness, with tenderness. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Guided Meditation - Directing Love Towards Dharmas > Bathe that experience in kindness and compassion" data-href="Guided Meditation - Directing Love Towards Dharmas#Bathe that experience in kindness and compassion" class="internal-link">Bathe that experience in kindness and compassion</a>_</span>
**<a data-href="Love and the Emptiness of Things" class="internal-link">Love and the Emptiness of Things</a>**
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> [T]hrough cultivating loving-kindness and compassion, we're also nurturing and establishing the best possible climate for our growth: so psychological, emotional, spiritual growth. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Love and the Emptiness of Things > We are nurturing the best possible climate for our growth" data-href="Love and the Emptiness of Things#We are nurturing the best possible climate for our growth" class="internal-link">We are nurturing the best possible climate for our growth</a>_</span>
> We can, in our practice, direct this stream, at times, when we feel a stream of loving-kindness and compassion, actually direct it towards experience, whatever the experience is, and actually bathe that experience in loving-kindness and compassion, _or_ compassion, or both, or a mixture, or whatever it is. We can _hold_ it in compassion, _hold_ it in love, or _let_ it be held in that water of love. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Love and the Emptiness of Things > Recap guided meditation directing the stream of loving-kindness and compassion towards experience" data-href="Love and the Emptiness of Things#Recap guided meditation directing the stream of loving-kindness and compassion towards experience" class="internal-link">Recap guided meditation: directing the stream of loving-kindness and compassion towards experience</a>_</span>
> Everything is so fleeting. And so things, phenomena, _dharmas_ are fleeting by their nature, when we look at them. And in a way, you could say, they're deserving of compassion. They're impoverished. They barely last. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="Love and the Emptiness of Things > Phenomena are fleeting by their nature so they are deserving of compassion" data-href="Love and the Emptiness of Things#Phenomena are fleeting by their nature so they are deserving of compassion" class="internal-link">Phenomena are fleeting by their nature, so they are deserving of compassion</a>_</span>
**<a data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva" class="internal-link">The Birth of a Bodhisattva</a>**
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> So the bigger the compassion, in a way, the bigger the unshakeability it needs, the bigger the foundation. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Birth of a Bodhisattva > What allows this kind of compassion to arise and stay" data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva#What allows this kind of compassion to arise and stay" class="internal-link">What allows this kind of compassion to arise and stay?</a>_</span>
> [W]hen we talk about compassion in the meditation, there's the taking in, the empathy, the tuning into the suffering of another, letting the heart resonate, letting that sorrow resonate in the heart, the receiving of the suffering. And the balancing of that with the healing energy that goes out, the balm, that which soothes, that which helps. And feeling that energy on its way out, the balm, the healing, because it bathes oneself on the way out, and it's actually pleasant, and it's actually happy, even if it's just quietly happy, and it's actually nourishing. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Birth of a Bodhisattva > Recap balancing of receiving and giving" data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva#Recap balancing of receiving and giving" class="internal-link">Recap: balancing of receiving and giving</a>_</span>
> Either the body's niggling, or something's not right. It can be very skilful to just drop in, "It doesn't matter how I feel right now. It doesn't matter. I'm just giving the compassion to you." You can just play with this kind of abandonment of self-concern - not all the time, but just sometimes. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Birth of a Bodhisattva > We have to respect where we are in our humanity" data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva#We have to respect where we are in our humanity" class="internal-link">We have to respect where we are in our humanity</a>_</span>
> To realize the actual limits of one's actions and just to see: we are limited. Or even in other contexts, you have to see that here, one may be giving service or acting compassionately or trying to alleviate the suffering, and it's only one strand in a web of conditions. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Birth of a Bodhisattva > Compassion needs wisdom and faith in it" data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva#Compassion needs wisdom and faith in it" class="internal-link">Compassion needs wisdom and faith in it</a>_</span>
> Beings that we are helping, we need to remember, after this interaction, after this giving of the compassion, they go on, and they meet, they will meet, other conditions and other influences. I am not the sole provider of conditions and compassion. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Birth of a Bodhisattva > The talk is just a seed" data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva#The talk is just a seed" class="internal-link">The talk is just a seed</a>_</span>
> When the mind, when the heart, is small, restricted, that karma ripens - the memory of what we did, or what happened to us or whatever - ripens in that context of the restricted, the constricted heart. In the unrestricted heart, the immeasurable heart - so one that is either immeasurable through loving-kindness and compassion, or joy or equanimity, one of the _brahmavihāras_, immeasurable that way, or unrestricted through _samādhi_ or through insight - in the unrestricted heart, when that karma ripens, when it comes up, when the memory comes up or the effects from the past come up, memory or otherwise, it's in a very different context. And the Buddha said it will barely be noticed. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Birth of a Bodhisattva > Ripening of karma from the past" data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva#Ripening of karma from the past" class="internal-link">Ripening of karma from the past</a>_</span>
> That's what wisdom or insight or _paññā_ means: we're understanding the causes and conditions that lead to suffering. And out of that very understanding is born compassion. That very understanding will bring with it compassion. So one could never go anywhere near loving-kindness practice or compassion practice, and just the deepening of the insight will bring compassion naturally, effortlessly, organically, because we're going into the causes and conditions and _understanding_ that. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Birth of a Bodhisattva > Compassion is borne out of the understanding of the causes and conditions of suffering" data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva#Compassion is borne out of the understanding of the causes and conditions of suffering" class="internal-link">Compassion is borne out of the understanding of the causes and conditions of suffering</a>_</span>
> What's at the root of suffering? We're feeding suffering with the causes and conditions and through not understanding. And it's that seeing of the commonality that brings a lot of compassion. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Birth of a Bodhisattva > We begin to see the commonality we are feeding suffering through not understanding" data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva#We begin to see the commonality we are feeding suffering through not understanding" class="internal-link">We begin to see the commonality: we are feeding suffering through not understanding</a>_</span>
> [L]iving with love and compassion is the best way to live. It's the best way. So we can say, "What's the point? It doesn't make any difference. It's not going to make any difference." It's the best way to live, even when we're very conscious of the limits and the seeming pointlessness of it, out there. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Birth of a Bodhisattva > And yet living with love and compassion is the best way to live" data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva#And yet living with love and compassion is the best way to live" class="internal-link">And yet, living with love and compassion is the best way to live</a>_</span>
> And just to remember that emptiness is one tool. It's a tool we pick up for freedom from suffering, for the release from suffering. So compassion is another. They're both tools. And there are times when they come together in one kind of flow. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Birth of a Bodhisattva > Contemplation of emptiness is very gradual" data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva#Contemplation of emptiness is very gradual" class="internal-link">Contemplation of emptiness is very gradual</a>_</span>
> Now, ultimately speaking, you _could_ say nothing happened that day. Nothing happened _really_. But unless we can pick that up and really see it that way, unless our understanding of emptiness is so evolved that that really means something for us, in a way that it liberates compassion, then you put down the emptiness as a tool. Forget about it. It's just words. It's just cleverness. And you pick up the tool of compassion, and you relate in terms of beings suffering and my response to their suffering. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Birth of a Bodhisattva > Story 9 11 was not nothing happened" data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva#Story 9 11 was not nothing happened" class="internal-link">Story: 9/11 was not "nothing happened"</a>_</span>
> It's all empty. At one level, nothing happened. At another level, I'm right there. That's what allows a bodhisattva to be a bodhisattva, is that the emptiness and the compassion are together. Without that, forget about it. <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="The Birth of a Bodhisattva > The bodhisattva can make such a huge aspiration because theyre holding the compassion with the emptiness of it all" data-href="The Birth of a Bodhisattva#The bodhisattva can make such a huge aspiration because they're holding the compassion with the emptiness of it all" class="internal-link">The bodhisattva can make such a huge aspiration because they're holding the compassion with the emptiness of it all</a>_</span>
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> So yes, _samādhi_; yes, insight; and yes, psychological work; and _yes_, the cultivation of virtues and the beautiful qualities - _mettā,_ and generosity, and compassion, all those - those four together... <span class="counts">_<a aria-label-position="top" aria-label="An Introduction to the Jhanas > Jhanas alone will not liberate totally" data-href="An Introduction to the Jhanas#Jhanas alone will not liberate totally" class="internal-link">Jhanas alone will not liberate totally</a>_</span>