If you can open yourself up to another person’s suffering, you are quickly motivated to alleviate it.

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