What’s the difference between empathy and compassion?
(Following up on a comment on the last post.)Empathy is inherent to brain development. From a very young age most
Category: compassion
The earth teaches us true compassion
The earth provides us with everything we need to live. It’s a model of compassion. How different is the earth’s
Imagine
Imagine those twelve Thai boys meditating in a cave not knowing when or if they would be rescued. Now imagine
A grain of salt, a kernel of truth
The expression ‘take what you hear with a grain of salt’ reminds me to allow for the very likely possibility
Compassion is life loving itself
Part of mindfulness practice is cultivating compassion for ourselves. For example, when we are meditating and we get lost in
Compassion (Karuna)
We have been talking about metta, loving-kindness. We have been practicing sending it to ourselves, other individuals and out to
Oh, to be a Bodhisattva
(NOTE: The term Bodhisattva is from Mahayana schools of Buddhism, and I am grounded more in Theravada, the school of
