By Pema Khandro — 2018
If you ignore power, you ignore powerful Buddhist teachings. Pema Khandro Rinpoche says that Buddhism teaches us how to be powerful and compassionate at the same time.
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According to the dictionary, to forgive is to stop feeling angry or resentful toward yourself or others for some perceived offense, flaw, or mistake. Keeping that definition in mind, forgiveness becomes a form of compassion.
A calm mind and even temper can help make peace with life’s difficulties.
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The ancient Eastern religion is helping Westerners with very modern mental-health problems.
Compassion research is at a tipping point: Overwhelming evidence suggests compassion is good for our health and good for the world.
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As Buddhist teaching says, suffering has the potential to deepen our compassion and understanding of the human condition. And in so doing, it can lead us to even greater faith, joy and well-being.
At a weekend workshop I led, one of the participants, Marian, shared her story about the shame and guilt that had tortured her.