Compassion
If You Were Their Mother and They Were Your Child
A meditation on loving-kindness — extending a mother's love to yourself and those around you. Read More 
Ayya Khema, born Ilse Ledermann in Berlin in 1923, is the author of more than two dozen books and was instrumental in the creation of Sakyadhita, a worldwide Buddhist women's organization.
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