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Compassion Is Like a Muscle That Gets Stronger with Training

By Christopher Bergland — 2018

Loving-kindness meditation and compassion training boost empathic resilience.

Read on www.psychologytoday.com

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The Eight Limbs of Yogic Meditation—Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras

All forms of Yogic Meditation practiced today are based on the Yoga Sutras—a Sanskrit scripture by the ancient Indian sage, Patanjali. This famous text prescribes a sequence of eight specific practices, ending with samadhi, to reach the ultimate goal of spiritual life.

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Patanjali
2019
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Yoga—Discipline of Freedom: The Yoga Sutra Attributed to Patanjali

Dating from about the third century A.D., the Yoga Sutra distills the essence of the physical and spiritual discipline of yoga into fewer than two hundred brief aphorisms.

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Patanjali
1998
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The Yoga-Sutra of Patanjali: A New Translation with Commentary (Shambhala Classics)

Compiled in the second or third century CE, the Yoga-Sutra is a road map of human consciousness—and a particularly helpful guide to the mind states one encounters in meditation, yoga, and other spiritual practices.

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Patanjali
2025
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Lorin Roche's First Meditation

Lorin shares his first experience of meditation which took place during an experiment at the University of California. There, sitting quietly in complete darkness, a level of relaxation emerged that was unlike anything he’d experienced before.

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Lorin Roche
2017
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The Road to Character

With the wisdom, humor, curiosity, and sharp insights that have brought millions of readers to his New York Times column and his previous bestsellers, David Brooks has consistently illuminated our daily lives in surprising and original ways.

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David Brooks
2016
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The Lakota Way: Stories and Lessons for Living—Native American Wisdom on Ethics and Character

Rich with storytelling, history, and folklore, The Lakota Way expresses the heart of Native American philosophy and reveals the path to a fulfilling and meaningful life.

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Joseph M. Marshall III
2002
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