Nalandabodhi East Coast is hosting its sixth annual winter retreat, “Waking Up Our Hearts: The Condensed Meaning of the Bodhicharyavatara.” This Dec. 31-Jan. 3 retreat will be taught by Acharya Lama Tenpa Gyalsten, Acharya Lhakpa Tshering, Acharya Tashi Wangchuk and Mitra Lee Worley.
In these difficult times, it can be challenging to maintain open-heartedness and kindness toward ourselves and others. This “kindness checklist” may help us deal with fear and anxiety within the framework of Body, Speech, and Mind.
We live in a multicultural society, with all different kinds of people. People are starting to recognize multiple gender identities, not just male and female, but non-binary, gender-queer and so on. People don’t necessarily belong to just one racial or cultural group either, they may belong to different backgrounds.
Often when we talk about compassion we ask, “How I can increase my compassion?” And the Buddhist teachings do say that we need to expand our compassion. But practically speaking, we need to increase our resilience and our heedfulness.
