meditation and compassion

Joan Halifax: Compassion and the true meaning of empathy

I want to address the issue of compassion. Compassion has many faces. Some of them are fierce; some of them…

October 7, 2012

Bob Thurman: We can be Buddhas

Thank you. And I feel like this whole evening has been very amazing to me. I feel it's sort of…

October 6, 2012

Compassion meditation may boost neural basis of empathy

A compassion-based meditation program can significantly improve a person’s ability to read the facial expressions of others, finds a study…

October 4, 2012

Seven steps to cultivating compassion, from Bob Thurman

It’s hard to always show compassion -- even to the people we love, but Robert Thurman asks that we develop…

October 4, 2012

The goodness at the heart of us all

At a discussion group last night, we talked a little about the deep yearning for happiness that we all have.…

September 12, 2012

Kindly awareness

If your life feels like a struggle with the world, it may be that your real struggle is with yourself.…

August 1, 2012

Eight steps to forgiveness

Forgiveness is a tricky topic. First, it has two distinct meanings: To give up resentment or anger To pardon an…

July 17, 2012

The more gray matter you have, the more altruistic you are

The junction (yellow) between the parietal and the temporal lobes, in which the relative proportion of gray matter is significantly…

July 16, 2012

Stanford studies monks’ meditation, compassion

Meredith May: Stanford neuroeconomist Brian Knutson is an expert in the pleasure center of the brain that works in tandem…

July 8, 2012

Very religious people may be more likely to give even when they don’t feel compassionate

"Love thy neighbor" is preached from many a pulpit. But new research from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that…

April 30, 2012