meditation and compassion

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time.”

"Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time: the need for man to overcome…

June 21, 2007

Bob Thurman talks on interconnectedness and compassion

In December 2006, Dr. Robert Thurman talked to an exclusive audience at the TED conference (Technology, Entertainment, Design) in New…

June 21, 2007

“Mindful Politics: A Buddhist Guide to Making the World a Better Place” by Melvin McLeod

Mindful Politics: A Buddhist Guide to Making the World a Better Place by Melvin McLeod, editor. (Wisdom Publications, 2006. Paperback,…

June 21, 2007

Altruism hard-wired to pleasure centers in brain

Jorge Moll and Jordan Grafman of the US government National Institutes of Health have shown that helping others makes us…

May 29, 2007

The Dalai Lama: “If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.”

While it's quite clear that others may benefit from our compassionate activity, the second part of His Holiness's observation flies…

May 16, 2007

Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening, by Stephen Batchelor

Stephen Batchelor was formerly a Tibetan monk, a monk in the Korean Zen tradition, a respected translator (of Shantideva's "Guide…

February 23, 2007

“The Lost Art of Compassion: Discovering the Practice of Happiness in the Meeting of Buddhism and Psychology,” by Lorne Ladner

There has been a steady trickle of books by Buddhist therapists recently, exploring the overlaps between western therapeutic models and…

January 24, 2007

“In Search of the Warrior Spirit: Teaching Awareness Disciplines to the Green Berets,” Strozzi-Heckler

Available on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. Note to Hollywood: this book would make a great movie. Take a bunch of aggressively…

January 24, 2007

Albert Einstein: “A human being is part of a whole, called by us the ‘Universe’ —a part limited in time and space”

"A human being is part of a whole, called by us the 'Universe' —a part limited in time and space.…

May 5, 2006

Mahatma Gandhi: “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.”

When we look at the world around us, with its many serious problems, including poverty, injustice, war, overpopulation, and environmental…

January 5, 2006