“An Open-Hearted Life”: Courageous compassion

A series of talks based on An Open-Hearted Life given at Sravasti Abbey’s monthly Sharing the Dharma Day starting in April 2017. Co-written with clinical psychologist Dr. Russell Kolts, the book offers practical Buddhist and Western psychological approaches to developing compassion.

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• Misconceptions about compassion
• Compassion requires courage
• Being compassionate without getting overwhelmed by suffering
• Reflection: getting to know ourselves
• Confusion about compassion—knowing what is and isn’t compassion
• Compassion is an attitude, the behavior follows from that

An 0pen-Hearted Life 09: Courageous compassion (download)