If you can open yourself up to another person’s suffering, you are quickly motivated to alleviate it.
Stories by prisoners about compassion.
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Stories by prisoners about compassion.
Generosity: The first paramita
An inmate reflects on the importance of generosity and compassion to our spiritual growth.
The Ronco label maker
Seeing all sentient beings with equanimity and not judging others opens one’s heart and mind to happiness.
Reunion
An inmate begins to release his own worldly concerns of materialism, reputation, and praise.
Hermitage
The path to awakening can start anywhere, at any time.
Kwan Yin
An inmate reflects on the many forms of the bodhisattva Kwan Yin.
Why not me?
An inmate reflects on self-centered thought and its antidote, cultivating compassion for all sentient beings.
Pink flamingos
When we reflect on family life with our parents, we need to see with eyes of compassion.
The lone Buddhist
An inmate describes an experience of compassion that he was able to invoke for all living beings.
Sharing positive energy
An inmate describes an example of returning kindness and compassion when confronted by hostility.