By Gabrielle Bernstein — 2015
Our most negative encounters can sometimes offer us great spiritual guidance.
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CLEAR ALL
In 1989, at one of the first international Buddhist teacher meetings, Western teachers brought up the enormous problem of unworthiness and self-criticism, shame and self-hatred that frequently they arise in Western students’ practice.
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At a weekend workshop I led, one of the participants, Marian, shared her story about the shame and guilt that had tortured her.
How do shame and compassion relate to one another?