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Support the Tricycle community with a donation » March 5, 2026 Evoke Enduring Compassion    If it feels difficult to know where to look, the Buddhist value of compassion is always a productive and positive place to focus. If this core value of wishing for the end of suffering doesn’t arise easily through practice, there are different ways to think about it that may stir compassion even for those with whom we disagree.  Meditation teacher Nikki Mirghafori looks to emptiness, which, instead of leading to nihilism, sparks compassion when she considers that all things codependently arise. Tibetan Buddhist master Thinley Norbu Rinpoche points to continuous mind as a source for developing compassion. With a dualistic mind, love relies on temporary circumstances. But with continuity of mind, we can resist grasping at what will inevitably change, and find the stability of enduring compassion. Author, translator, and Buddhist teacher Ken McLeod explains that when we drop our identities and experience nonself, we connect directly with the experience of others, and compassion arises. This week’s Three Teachings offers different ways of accessing compassion that can help keep us grounded and supported while feeling for others, too. Forward today's teachings to a friend » Dreaming Together By Nikki Mirghafori Buddhist teacher and AI scientist Nikki Mirghafori explains how emptiness, articulated by the view of interdependence, gives rise to compassion. The two are intertwined, she says, one leading to the other. Read more » Continuous Mind By Thinley Norbu Rinpoche Viewing the mind as continuous, we will develop a continuous love for all, Tibetan Buddhist master Thinley Norbu Rinpoche wrote in this excerpt from his 1992 book, White Sail. Highlighting the truth of impermanence, he points out how compassion arises when we see the ever-changing, insubstantial nature of our outer circumstances, and the meaningful change that can transpire when we turn inward. Read more » Why Compassion? By Ken McLeod Author, translator, and Buddhist teacher Ken McLeod explains how compassion fortifies us so that we may help those in need and also accept those with whom we don’t see eye-to-eye." Read more » Follow Us

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