The Earth has completed another rotation around the Sun, and many of us have the habit of setting resolutions for the new year ahead: "I'm going to read more books on Buddhism; I'm going to meditate more; I'm going to go to the gym everyday to lose weight!"
All of these are beneficial, but have you noticed how resolutions nearly always focus on "I"? Now is a good time to remind ourselves, as His Holiness the Dalai Lama constantly does, that the more we dedicate ourselves to others, the happier we'll be. The first of the far-reaching attitudes is generosity. Practicing generosity, whether with material goods, our time, or our bodies, helps those in need while giving deep meaning to our lives.
And so today, we share with you our bite-sized tips in 11 Ways to Help Others, as well as our article The Perfection of Generosity: Danaparamita which offers an in-depth overview of how to give properly and how to generate the correct motivation for generosity. And to round it off, to make sure we still take good care of ourselves, we share our video Sustainable Compassion, where Geshe Dorji Damdul offers us useful advice about how to ensure that compassion does not lead to burn out.
Find all of the links below!
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HELPING OTHERS THE RIGHT WAY
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Whether comforting those filled with fear, or repaying the kindness of those who have helped us, being compassionate and skillful is not enough to help others. We also need to be generous with our time, and have patience, perseverance,
concentration, and wisdom.
Read our 11 Ways to Help Others here.
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The Perfection of Generosity: Danaparamita
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Even if throughout out childhood, most of us are told to share our toys and candy, generosity often doesn't come naturally to us as adults. In this article, we look at different forms of generosity, how best to practice them, and the pitfalls to avoid.
Go in-depth here.
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WATCH OUR CLIP FROM GESHE DORJI DAMDUL
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"The basic underlying principle that we need to decode is that being loving towards others is a source of happiness, and being overly selfish, this is a source of misery."
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