Wisdom and Compassion
Buddhism for here and now. The Wisdom and Compassion podcast is an offering of Dekeling, a Buddhist community in Portland, Oregon, dedicated to sharing the principles and practices of Buddhism in an accessible and inclusive way, to human beings everywhere. We support your right to awaken to your spiritual potential in whatever way inspires you.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 36
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Guided Meditation: Tonglen for Self-at-all-Ages
Tonglen is part of the ancient compassion practice tool box of Seven Points of Mind Training. In this meditation, you're guided in Tonglen for yourself, at every stage of being, from pre-birth, thoug…
Tonglen for Someone who is Dying
We can do Tonglen for someone who is dying if we are with them, or not. We can do Tonglen for people who have died at another time. whether we were there or not. Tonglen may be done for people we kno…
Pondering Difficult Times
These are indeed difficult times and not the first and not the last. As practitioners, we have to find balance in chaos, or at least enough steadiness and equanimity to move forward to awakening and …
The Spirit of Less and Less
The writer, Annie Dillard, in her book, The Writing Life, said “The life of sensation is the life of greed; it requires more and more. The life of the spirit requires less and less; time is ample and…
Inclusivity in our Dharma Community
As practitioners, what is inclusivity? What is integration? How are these principles and practices entwined with truth and dharma?
Guided Meditation: Tonglen for a Broken Self?
Tonglen is a profound yet accessible practice in Tibetan Buddhism—an act of taking in suffering and sending out goodness. In a traditional tonglen session which is done in stages, we begin with ourse…
Calm Abiding in the Midst of a Storm (original Post #1)
This episode was originally published on April 28, 2020.
Everything you need to awaken is right here, right now. It's your life. Will you live it?
Dekeling, in Tibetan, means 'a place of happiness'. …
Guided Meditation - 10 minutes of Guidance for Breath Meditation
This simple meditation can help you calm and stay present in experience. No bells, no liturgy, just simple bare-bones mind on the breath meditation.
Guided Meditation: Body Like a Mountain
In this classic Buddhist meditation, we use the experiential metaphor of sitting like a mountain to help accomplish stability, stillness, and groundedness in the midst of change, busyness, and all th…
Always Be Resting
In this episode Lama Lekshe talks about sage advice from other practitioners and her own journey to discover the possibility of resting...all the time.
Guided Meditation: Wellbeing for All
Using the metaphor of snowfall, experience absorbing the wellbeing that is always available, no matter the circumstances. Care for yourself and all beings as you share the experience with a larger gr…
Practicing When Things are Difficult
Challenging times can be the best times to practice. Suffering is compelling, so you might find that resting awareness on your experience is easier than when things are going well. This episode has a…
Guided Meditation: The Stages of Dying (concise)
This is a brief guided meditation on the stages of dying or 'bardos.' In Buddhism, the term 'bardo' typically refers to the intermediate state between death and rebirth; though it can refer to any tr…
Holding a View, True or Not
Why would I experiment of holding a view if I am not sure it's true? This experiment can cause you to learn something beyond your current knowing—through direct experience. No belief is required. Jus…
Common Misconceptions about Tibetan Buddhism
You know those rumors you heard about Tibetan Buddhism? Listen and see if they are true. Any time we adopt a custom, philosophy or tradition from another culture, we're bound to misinterpret a few th…
The Seven Branch Prayer
The mindful recitation of Seven-Branch Prayer, which is often done inside another practice—like Green Tara, for example— epitomizes all the practices of gathering the accumulations as well as the pur…
Guided Meditation: Tonglen for a World in Conflict
Step into a space of introspection and compassionate inquiry as you embark on a contemplative journey through the landscape of global conflict.
If you are an experienced practitioner of Tonglen, you …
Guided Meditation: Tonglen Practice for a Dying or Dead Animal
As we journey through life, our paths often intertwine with those of animals, who become companions on our journey. Their presence enriches our lives, offering us love, loyalty, and a profound connec…
Guided Meditation: Counting the Breath
Counting the breath meditation involves a deliberate and focused observation of the breath. The practitioner assumes a comfortable posture conducive to alertness and relaxation. With eyes either gent…
Guided Meditation: Stages of the Bardos
In Tibetan Buddhism, the term "bardo" refers to the intermediate states between death and rebirth. The most well-known bardo is the "Bardo Thodol" or the "Tibetan Book of the Dead," which describes t…