By Thich Nhat Hanh — 2015
How to love yourself and others.
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CLEAR ALL
Our culture has taught us that we do not have the privilege of being vulnerable like other communities.
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How do shame and compassion relate to one another?
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.
At a weekend workshop I led, one of the participants, Marian, shared her story about the shame and guilt that had tortured her.