May I see my own limits with compassion, just as I view the limits of others..

Death can come at any moment. You could die this afternoon; you could die tomorrow morning; you could die on your way to work; you could die in your ….

Many of us think that compassion drains us, but I promise you it is something that truly enlivens us..

Compassion may be defined as the capacity to be attentive to the experience of others, to wish the best for others, and to sense what will truly serv….

The roots of all living things are tied together. Deep in the ground of being, they tangle and embrace. This understanding is expressed in the term n….

There is the in-breath and there is the out-breath, and too often we feel like we have to exhale all the time. The inhale is absolutely essential - a….

Developing our capacity for compassion makes it possible for us to help others in a more skillful and effective way..

We believe that it takes a strong back and a soft front to face the world..

In accepting death as inevitable, we don't label it as a good thing or a bad thing. As one of my teachers once said to me, “Death happens. It is just….

Compassion has enemies, and those enemies are things like pity, moral outrage, fear..

Catastrophe is the essence of the spiritual path, a series of breakdowns allowing us to discover the threads that weave all of life into a whole clot….

Whether or not enlightenment is possible at the moment of death, the practices that prepare one for this possibility also bring one closer to the bon….

We in the "developed" world seem to have many auditory strategies that insulate us from the presence of silence, simplicity, and solitude. When I ret….

When we walk slowly, the world can fully appear. Not only are the creatures not frightened away by our haste or aggression, but the fine detail of fe….

Most of us are shrinking in the face of psycho-social and physical poisons, of the toxins of our world. But compassion, the generation of compassion,….

We live in a time when science is validating what humans have known throughout the ages: that compassion is not a luxury; it is a necessity for our w….

Yes, creation is moving toward us; life is moving toward us all the time. We back away, but it keeps pushing toward us. Why not step forward and gree….

If compassion is so good for us, why don't we train our health care providers in compassion so that they can do what they're supposed to do, which is….

Don't ever think compassion is weak. Compassion is about strength..

Compassionate action emerges from the sense of openness, connectedness, and discernment you have created..

When we have disorderly lives, it makes it difficult for our minds to be orderly and for us to be at ease with disorder..