Teachings on Great Compassion from His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Khadro-la, and Geshe Dorji Damdul

His Holiness the Dalai Lama with an unknown cat.

This blog post was inspired by an interview with Khadro-la published by Thrive Global on January 18, 2018.

Khadro-la

Khadro-la was asked "Is meditation helpful in achieving a kind heart? Do you have any tips for meditation?”

Khadro-la replied, “Many people like meditation. Many people think of it as single-pointed concentration. In my opinion, meditation is to cultivate a habit of an honest mindset and a kind heart. If we develop and increase our qualities of kindness and honesty, we can get rid of so many different kinds of suffering.

"Otherwise, if we think we want to meditate, and we just sit still and we don’t think about anything in particular, then what we are doing is actually resting our mind, giving our minds a little break. But it is not very constructive or useful. It does not decrease our negative mindsets of anger, attachments, etc. It does not increase our qualities of kindness, truthfulness and wisdom. So, we might be able to sit still single-pointedly for four or five hours, but what’s the point? It’s like a pigeon!”

His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Watch His Holiness the Dalai Lama teach on developing a kind heart and the altruistic mind cherishing others at the main temple in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India on the Tenzin Wangyal YouTube channel. 

His Holiness the Dalai Lama says, "For the lama it is fortunate to have this opportunity to teach about bodhichitta. For you the disciples, also, this occasion bodhichitta, the altruistic mind cherishing others over oneself ... you are fortunate to hear a teaching on it."

Geshe Dorji Damdul

Listen to Geshe Dorji Damdul, translator of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and director of Tibet House New Delhi, give a three-part teaching on the methods of generating bodhichitta.

Listen to Geshe Dorji Damdul lead a guided meditation on bodhichitta on the BodhicittaWisdom YouTube channel. 

A Spontaneous Song of Compassion

Watch Khadro-la sing a spontaneous song of compassion on Vimeo to remove the deluded ignorance from the human mind. This took place during the Mind and Life Conference in Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India in 2009. Those in the room with Khadro-la include Tsoknyi Rinpoche who assisted with translation, Dr. Richard Davidson, Daniel and Tara Goleman, and Richard Gere.