The Charter for Compassion
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Compassion
Kids Explore Compassion through Creativity
Students from kindergarten to grade 12 are being given the opportunity to explore the meaning of compassion—through art. “Though you can use a lot of words to describe compassion, by putting it into art, art adds value to words and art goes deeper than words,” says James Heiks, the district’s…
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Compassion in the Rainforest
When Ira Rifkin traveled to the jungles of Ecuador years ago, he discovered that though he was far from home, he had come closer to experiencing an authentic human connection.
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Be Compassionate… to Yourself, Says Researcher
A new area of psychological research called self-compassion—how kindly people view themselves—is the basis of a recent article written by Tara Parker-Pope for The New York Times.
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God Is Big These Days: Karen Armstrong on Fundamentalism, Compassion, and the Future of Religion
Karen Armstrong, author of The Case for God, wants to reclaim religion. Michael Valpy talked to this author, speaker, and activist about the problems with fundamentalism and secular modernity.
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The Zookeeper’s Wife: Radical Compassion, Empathy, and Civilian Courage
An inspiring story from the terrible days of the Holocaust leads Diane Ackerman, best-selling author of The Natural History of the Senses, and the Zoo Keeper’s Wife, to contemplate the nature of compassion, courage, and empathy.
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Compassion
Grandmother Mind: Becoming “Abuelita” and the Compassion That Holds a Family (and the World)
Parents must attend to the nuts and bolts of their children’s care. But grandmothers, says Susan Moon, can pay attention to what's in the background—water, air, stories, and love.
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Imagine There’s No Suffering: Compassion, Equanimity, and Seeing Causes & Conditions
When a mind is free of judgment, Sharon Salzberg says, we see only suffering and its causes, and wish only that all beings be free from pain.
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Meditation
The One Thing You Can Do to Make Meditation a Habit
Mindfulness is growing rapidly, but there's one thing missing from the conversation that helps make meditation a habit that sticks, Ed Halliwell writes.
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12 Minute Meditation
A Meditation for Finding Safety in the Body
This week, mindfulness teacher and recovery coach Emily Jane guides a grounding practice to find safety in our bodies when trauma, fear, or anxiety are pulling us to escape from or numb our discomfort.
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