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Compassion Talks

Compassion is a social feeling that motivates people to go out of their way to relieve the physical, mental, or emotional pains of others and themselves. Compassion is sensitivity to the emotional aspects of the suffering of others. When based on notions such as fairness, justice, and interdependence, it may be considered partially rational in nature.
Compassion involves "feeling for another" and is a precursor to empathy, the "feeling as another" capacity (as opposed to sympathy, the "feeling towards another"). In common parlance, active compassion is the desire to alleviate another's suffering.
Compassion involves allowing oneself to be moved by suffering to help alleviate and prevent it. An act of compassion is one that is intended to be helpful. Other virtues that harmonize with compassion include patience, wisdom, kindness, perseverance, warmth, and resolve. It is often, though not inevitably, the key component in altruism. The difference between sympathy and compassion is that the former responds to others' suffering with sorrow and concern whereas the latter responds with warmth and care. An article in Clinical Psychology Review suggests that "compassion consists of three facets: noticing, feeling, and responding".
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Insight of BuddhismSerial: SF-01949 Date given as 1988.04.28 on cassette Time, Compassion, Meditation |
May 28 1988 San Francisco Zen Center |
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YontenzotSerial: SF-01831 "Chhoje Tulku" Bodhisattva, Compassion, Time |
Apr 24 1988 San Francisco Zen Center |
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Benefits of Meditation for Self and Others Serial 00004 Practice, Time, Compassion |
Apr 18 1988 Tape 1 |
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Visualization in Vajrayana Practice Serial 00005 Practice, Meditation, Compassion |
Apr 16 1988 Tape 1 |
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November 30th, 1987, Serial No. 00384 Consciousness, Delusion, Religion, Oneness, Subject-and-Object, Compassion, American... |
Nov 30 1987 |
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Sunday Lecture Bodhisattva, Time, Compassion |
Jul 25 1987 Green Gulch Farm |
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February 8th, 1987, Serial No. 00386 Buddha Nature, Intimacy, Anger, Meditation, Separation, Patience, Emotions,... |
Feb 08 1987 |
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February 5th, 1987, Serial No. 00377 Impermanence, Emotions, Separation, causation, Compassion, Consciousness, Passions,... |
Feb 05 1987 |
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Ascension Through Humility and CommunityOSB Cam, Compassion, Patience, Pain, Daily Life, Beginners |
1987 7-8 of 14 |
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Zazen: The Essence of Non-Dualism Dragons, Transmission, Dharma Transmission, Consciousness, Patience, American,... |
Dec 08 1985 |
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Zen Paths to Unified Insight Monastic Practice, Compassion, Meditation, Commitment, Dragons, Concentration,... |
Dec 08 1985 |
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December 8th, 1985, Serial No. 00374 Compassion |
Dec 08 1985 |
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December 7th, 1985, Serial No. 00362 Oneness, Discrimination, Compassion |
Dec 07 1985 |
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Zen Wisdom Through Living Experience Evil, Pain, Attachment, Consciousness, Happiness, New Year, Don't Know Mind,... |
Dec 06 1985 |
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December 6th, 1985, Serial No. 00371 Attachment, Compassion, New Year, Don't Know Mind, Consciousness, Intention,... |
Dec 06 1985 |
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Mindful Path to Infinite Truths Concentration, Compassion, Lay, Soto Zen, Mindfulness, Don't Know Mind,... |
Jan 14 1985 |
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Reimagining Spirituality: Wisdom Meets JusticeSerial: NC-00672 Miscellaneous Buddha, Buddhism, Politics, Intuition, Compassion |
Sep 1984 |
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Introduction to TheologyOSB Cam, Obstacles, Compassion, Instruction |
Feb 1984 19 of 19 New Clairvaux Abbey |
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Introduction to TheologyOSB Cam, Intuition, Compassion, Interview |
Feb 1984 15 of 19 New Clairvaux Abbey |
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Introduction to TheologyOSB Cam, Compassion, Happiness, Hindrances, War |
Feb 1984 10 of 19 New Clairvaux Abbey |
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Introduction to TheologySerial: NC-01112 "Task of Becoming Fully Human in a Christian Way." OSB Cam, Anger, Compassion, Transmission |
Feb 1984 14 of 19 New Clairvaux Abbey |
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Eucharist - IndianSerial: NC-00447 Bede Griffiths introduces chant. Group (women and men) chanting. OSB Cam, Offering, Enemies, Ego, Forgiveness, Compassion |
Sep 11 1983 1 of 4 New Camaldoli Hermitage |
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Eucharist - IndianSerial: NC-00593 Group (men and women) chanting with Indian instruments. Is this the same as NC 00447, #item-set-086? OSB Cam, Offering, Enemies, Ego, Forgiveness, Compassion |
Sep 11 1983 New Camaldoli Hermitage |
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Christ as Creation's Hidden TreasureSerial: NC-00396 Monastic Theology Series Set 1 of 3 Emptiness, Breath, Compassion |
Jul 13 1983 |
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ExodusSerial: NC-00939 Class #1 (9 Dec 82) and #2 (16 Dec 82) on the Book of Exodus. OSB Cam, Anger, Breath, Compassion, Precepts, Ceremony |
Dec 09 1982 1 of 3 New Camaldoli Hermitage |
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Virtues as the Foundation of LifeSerial: NC-00861 Monastic Spirituality Set 8 of 12 OSB Cam, Forgiveness, Compassion, Patience |
Oct 28 1982 |
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Building the House of VirtuesSerial: NC-00862 Monastic Spirituality Set 8 of 12 OSB Cam, Patience, Compassion, Daily Life, Fasting, Emotions |
Oct 15 1982 |
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1982.09.04-serial.00111 Compassion, Impermanence, Daily Life, Buddha Nature, Birth-and-Death, Intuition, Lay... |
Sep 04 1982 |
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The Spiritual Paradox of TruthSerial: NC-00996 Monastic Spirituality, Set 7 of 12 OSB Cam, Anger, Demons, Fox, Forgiveness, Compassion |
Jul 28 1982 |
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Joyful Embrace of Zen Wisdom Liberation, Lotus Sutra, Consciousness, Soto Zen, Community, Compassion, Realization... |
May 24 1982 |
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Eternal Wisdom in Impermanent Reality Impermanence, Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, difficulty, Buddha Mind, Emotions, Buddha... |
May 07 1982 |
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Embracing Bodhisattva Challenges with Compassion Lotus Sutra, Intimacy, Compassion, difficulty, Evil, Discrimination, Offering,... |
Apr 23 1982 |
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Transformative Enlightenment and Equality Repentance, Dragons, Lotus Sutra, Offering, Compassion, Hindrances, Don't Know... |
Apr 12 1982 |
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Enlightenment: Personal Realization, Communal Validation Transmission, Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Buddha Mind, Patience... |
Mar 19 1982 |
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Eternal Light and Timeless Liberation Buddha Nature, Buddha Mind, Perfect Wisdom, Nirvana, Liberation, Compassion,... |
Mar 12 1982 |
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Predictive Pathways to Enlightenment Buddha Nature, Compassion, Suffering, Meditation, Evil, Funeral, Precepts, Silence,... |
Mar 08 1982 |
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Journey to the Magic City Within causation, Impermanence, Consciousness, Compassion, Evil, Politics, Separation,... |
Mar 01 1982 |
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Embracing Imperfection in Monastic UnitySerial: NC-00877 Monastic Spirituality Set 3 of 12 OSB Cam, Commitment, Vow, Happiness, Liberation, Compassion |
May 13 1981 |
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February 8th, 1981, Serial No. 00400 Compassion, Concentration, Beginners, Delusion, American, Nirvana, Pain |
Feb 08 1981 |
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February 4th, 1981, Serial No. 00397 Continuous Practice, Impermanence, Compassion, Silence, Realization, Building, Bell,... |
Feb 04 1981 |
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Chastity: The Spiritual Path to LoveSerial: NC-00858 Monastic Spirituality Set 9 of 12 OSB Cam, Vow, Ego, Compassion, Cultivation, Anger |
Nov 14 1980 |
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Everyday Zazen: Mindful Living Art Breath, Posture, Compassion, Discrimination, Meditation, causation, American,... |
Dec 21 1979 |
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Compassion in Adversity Time, Compassion, Practice |
Oct 01 1979 |
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Cultivating Wisdom Through Zen Practice Greed, Evil, Realization, Commitment, Beginners, Anger, Community, Discrimination,... |
Mar 09 1979 |
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Serenity Through Minimal Desire Silence, Building, Balance, Compassion, Suffering, Enemies, Culture, Breath, Religion... |
Mar 05 1979 |
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Contentment in Simplicity: The Zen Path Silence, Compassion, Building, Balance, Culture, Breath, Religion, Suffering... |
Mar 05 1979 |
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Riding Beyond Desires to Freedom Eight Awarenesses, Suffering, Consciousness, Anger, Humility, Compassion, Pain,... |
Mar 02 1979 |
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Awakening Through Dharma Transmission Eight Awarenesses, Compassion, Balance, Posture, Consciousness, Nirvana, Evil,... |
Feb 26 1979 |
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Awakening Through Zen Integration Compassion, Eight Awarenesses, Posture, Consciousness, Balance, Evil, Mahayana,... |
Feb 26 1979 |
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Becoming Zen: Path to Ego-Free Harmony Compassion, Fox, causation, Anger, Teacher-and-Student, Buddha Nature, Realization,... |
Sep 01 1977 |