…Read Chapter 1 of Radical Compassion & Download Your FREE Study Guide Listen to Part 2 Radical Compassion – Loving Ourselves and Our World into Healing Listen to Part 3…
Part 2: Compassion – the tender resonance of heart – awakens as we allow ourselves to be touched by our shared vulnerability. This series reflects on four primary expressions of…
We often talk of widening the circles of compassion. This talk explores the qualities of mature compassion, what blocks us from this embodied and inclusive caring, and how each of…
…to catch up on his sleep. May I come with him tomorrow?” While lighthearted, this points toward the mood of compassion. Compassion can be described as letting ourselves be touched…
…our selfishness, that we are flawed for being so self-centered, sinful when we are indulgent. Most mainstream religions—Judeo-Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, Confucian—teach that our wanting, passion, and greed cause suffering….
At the core of our suffering is our universal human predicament: an illusion that we are a separate self. This talk explores how this identification as a self obscures our…
Seeking What’s True – Within Ourselves, Beyond Our Self, With Each Other – (Part 3 of 3) The ground of the spiritual path is realizing the nature of reality and…
Seeking What’s True – Within Ourselves, Beyond Our Self, With Each Other – (Part 2 of 3) The ground of the spiritual path is realizing the nature of reality and…
Seeking What’s True – Within Ourselves, Beyond Our Self, With Each Other – (Part 1 of 3) The ground of the spiritual path is realizing the nature of reality and…
…a self who is fighting desire, about a self who tumbles into unhealthy desires, about a self who has to have something more, something different from what is right here,…
…This talk looks at the tenacity of self-doubt and the power of mindfulness, investigation and compassion in releasing its grip. (a talk given on 2013-10-30) https://youtu.be/g9qMlVUxUaA photo: Jon McRay …
…We then explore how the mindfulness and self-compassion in the RAIN practice can directly dissolve trance and reconnect us to our true nature. • More Resources on RAIN: Recognize, Allow,…
This meditation brings the clarity and self-compassion of RAIN to the suffering of self-aversion and/or shame. It helps us see the conditioning that shaped what we judge about ourselves, and…
…loneliness that came from being turned against myself, that gave me such a deep resolve to embrace myself. I registered the dukkha of self-aversion with such clarity that I knew…
This guided practice applies mindfulness and self-compassion to challenging emotions. It is based on the acronym RAIN, and provides a four step practice that is accessible and effective, even at…
Blog: Being a Mirror of Goodness: An Intention for the New Year Adapted from: Radical Compassion: Learning to Love Yourself and Your World with the Practice of RAIN Tara Brach,…
…the more fully we are released into boundless, compassionate presence. Praying from presence awakens us from the imprisoning story of a suffering self. Resisting pain only serves to solidify the…
Part 2: Compassion – the tender resonance of heart – awakens as we allow ourselves to be touched by our shared vulnerability. This series reflects on four primary expressions of…
…connections between Buddhism and compassion for animals. Available on YouTube (with subtitles in several languages). • A Prayer for Compassion: A documentary that strives to inspire and encourage those already…
A Conversation between Konda Mason and Tara Brach The medicine our world most needs is compassion, and it is crucial that this include all living beings. Our societal conditioning blinds…
