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What Is Compassion Meditation? (+ Mantras and Scripts)

By Michelle Ribeiro, BCom. — 2020

In Positive Psychology, Compassion is seen as a way to relate to the self and a pathway to happiness. The proven benefits of compassion range from increased well-being, to relief from illness, and improved relationships. Continue reading to learn the many proven benefits of compassion meditation and how to practice it, as well as apps, exercises, and scripts to help you get started with your practice.

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The Beginner’s Guide to Practicing Self-Compassion Meditation

Many of us who want to make a positive impact on the world try to have compassion for other people. But how many of us ever think about directing that compassion toward ourselves?

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Just-Like-Me Compassion Meditation

"Realizing that the other person is also just like me is the basis on which we can develop compassion, not only toward those around us but also toward our enemy. Normally, when we think about our enemy, we think about harming him.

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How to Practice Compassion Meditation

This popular meditation, often called "Karuṇā" in Buddhist circles is all about opening up the heart and mind to be more compassionate to ourselves and others. It is a harder skill to develop than goodwill meditation as some emotions seem like compassion but will cause us more harm than good.

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Meditation on Compassion

To cultivate compassion, let yourself sit in a centered and quiet way. In this traditional form of practice you will combine a repeated inner intention with visualization and the evocation of the feeling of compassion.

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Tonglen: In with the Bad, Out with the Good

“Accepting and sending out” is a powerful meditation to develop compassion—for ourselves and others. Ethan Nichtern teaches us how to do it in formal practice and on the spot whenever suffering arises.

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Ethan Nichtern
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Letter to a New Meditator

Everything you ever wanted to know about meditating, but didn't have a teacher to ask.

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Good Medicine for This World

Buddhist teacher Pema Chödrön and novelist Alice Walker on how tonglen meditation practice opens our heart, expands our vision, and plants the seeds of love in our lives.

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