In cultivating compassion we're responding, with kindness, to the suffering we encounter in life -- especially others' suffering. And the…
Yesterday I wrote about the complexities of the "near enemy" of compassion, which is the grief that arises from attachment.…
Jonathan Pitts, The Baltimore Sun: He pulled on a Terps visor, to the crowd's delight. He rubbed noses with Gov.…
I've had more people asking me about the "near enemy" of compassion. So here goes... The "near enemy" is, by…
Talking about cultivating or developing compassion can have the unfortunate side-effect of giving us the idea that compassion is something…
Harold Mandel, Examiner.com: There is a lot of excitement among many Americans about the visit of the Dalai Lama to…
There are four related dimensions of lovingkindness, together called the "divine abidings," or Brahmaviharas. These four are (1) lovingkindness itself, (2) compassion,…
Poppy Damon, Varsity, Cambridge, UK: ‘Whether one believes in a religion or not and whether one believes in rebirth or…
Scientists have mostly focused on the benefits of meditation for the brain and the body, but a new study forthcoming…
Al Reiger, The Western Courier: Some call it mental toughness. The ability to block out the thousands of screaming fans,…