The third of the Brahmaviharas, or "immeasurables," after lovingkindness and compassion, is muditā. Muditā is sometimes translated as sympathetic joy,…
We all want happiness, but much joy do you experience in your life? And I mean real "heart welling up,"…
A couple of times people have contacted me saying that self-compassion is not possible. Both times they've quoted dictionary definitions…
"...an individual keeps pervading the first direction — as well as the second direction, the third, and the fourth —…
As I wrote in my book, Living as a River: Relating to someone as a “self”—on the basis of how…
Resentment is seductive. We assume on some level that it's going to help us, but it doesn't. It just causes…
Yesterday I wrote about how the Buddha, when he was in agony after having been injured, kept the suffering of…
I've often written about how experiencing compassion for ourselves can naturally spill over to experiencing compassion for other people. When…
We can see beings with the eyes of compassion, or with the eyes of utility. We almost literally live in…
I'd like to suggest a simple practice for you. For the next hour or so, let the first thought you…