Compassion is becoming a "hot topic" in scientific research, and the good news is that compassion has been shown to…
People often think of compassion as being a sombre, even depressing experience, but that doesn't have to be the case.…
For most of the 25 days in which we focused on Metta Bhavana, I felt like I was swimming in…
We can be very hard on ourselves, can't we? It's as if, sometimes, we're watching out for any tiny hint…
The other day I wrote about "Idiot Compassion," which I described as '...avoiding conflict, letting people walk all over you,…
In his book, Living Ethically: Advice from Nagarjuna's Precious Garland, Sangharakshita has some advice for those who feel guilty about…
After 34 days of blogging on mindfulness and compassion I'm getting a little tired of the sound of my own…
Chogyam Trungpa borrowed from Gurdjieff the very useful notion of "idiot compassion." Gurdjieff, a rather fascinating spiritual teacher of the…
So far I've just been advising people to do the metta bhavana (development of lovingkindness) practice while bearing in mind…
Like many Westerners, Mary Bennett turned to Buddhism when the faith of her childhood stopped working for her. She still…