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Talk titled: "The Birth of a Bodhisattva", given during the event "Lovingkindness and Compassion as a Path to Awakening". Held at Gaia House, Devon on 2008-02-12.
Topics covered: metta, compassion, equanimity, equanimity in compassion practice, equanimity: near enemies, faith, bodhicitta
Teacher's note on suitability: this series of talks and guided meditations explores the development of the practices of both lovingkindness and compassion, with particular emphasis on the radical possibilities of awakening that they bring. through these practices we come to develop deep and beautiful qualities of heart as a real resource both for ourselves and the world, and also open ourselves to the profound and liberating understandings that can emerge from this path of love.
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To donate to Rob's foundation, The Hermes Amara Foundation, visit https://hermesamara.org, and click the Donate button. See Rob's Dharma Seed bio (dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/) for a description of this organization and Rob's founding of it.
Original audio: dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/11954
Transcript link: dl.airtable.com/.attachments/70e717623dae5dc34453a32ff76b9784/f5e2a84c/2008_0212TheBirthofaBodhisattva.pdf
Talk titled: "The Birth of a Bodhisattva", given during the event "Lovingkindness and Compassion as a Path to Awakening". Held at Gaia House, Devon on 2008-02-12.
Topics covered: metta, compassion, equanimity, equanimity in compassion practice, equanimity: near enemies, faith, bodhicitta
Teacher's note on suitability: this series of talks and guided meditations explores the development of the practices of both lovingkindness and compassion, with particular emphasis on the radical possibilities of awakening that they bring. through these practices we come to develop deep and beautiful qualities of heart as a real resource both for ourselves and the world, and also open ourselves to the profound and liberating understandings that can emerge from this path of love.
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To donate to Rob's foundation, The Hermes Amara Foundation, visit https://hermesamara.org, and click the Donate button. See Rob's Dharma Seed bio (dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/) for a description of this organization and Rob's founding of it.
Original audio: dharmaseed.org/teacher/210/talk/11954
Transcript link: dl.airtable.com/.attachments/70e717623dae5dc34453a32ff76b9784/f5e2a84c/2008_0212TheBirthofaBodhisattva.pdf
