Sustainable Compassion for Those Who Serve
What compassion is and how we cultivate it
Lama John Makransky
Lama John Makransky , PhD, is associate professor of Buddhism and comparative theology at Boston College, co-founder of the Courage of Care Coalition and of the Foundation for Active Compassion, and senior faculty advisor and lecturer at the Centre for Buddhist Studies at Rangjung Yeshe.
MeditationMagazine | Dharma Talk
Love Is All Around
Recognizing the unconditional love in our lives. Includes two guided meditations.
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | On Parenting
Cartoon As Path
Jonathan (nine years old) reads to us from his favorite comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes. First panel: young Calvin’s teacher gives him a math problem. Next: Calvin stares at the problem, dumbfounded. Final panel: Calvin, dressed…
Personal ReflectionsMagazine | On Parenting
Family Practice
I’d been away on a silent retreat for several weeks. We’d engaged in a Dzogchen preliminary practice of self-inquiry in which one asks, “Who is meditating? Who, what is aware?” By retreat’s end, wondering how my…
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