How to Train a Happy Mind

What Is Compassion? #28

Aug 4, 2020 · 26 min · Episode 28 · 19.3 MB
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Compassion is starting to rival mindfulness as the next most popular up-and-coming form of secular meditation. But what is compassion? Compassion, from the Buddhist perspective, is not just empathizing with others’ suffering, but actively wishing to take it away.

Episode 28. What Is Compassion?

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