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Searching for the Heart of Compassion

By Marc Ian Barasch — 2005

Call it love, kindness, compassion for all beings—it’s the real elixir, the only one that truly transforms life for ourselves and others. We all know that—every religion says it—but where do we find it? Marc Ian Barasch searches our society for compassion in action, compassionate people, and ways to find the compassion inside himself that Buddhism says is a natural part of our being.

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