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Compassion Is Something You Train In

Ethan Nichtern | Posted 12.31.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Tonglen, Metta, Meditation Practice, Compassion, Yoga, Mindfulness, Kindness, Learning Compassion, Healthy Living Spirit, Healthy Living News
Ethan Nichtern

From the Buddhist standpoint, any time you see a person you think is kind and compassionate, it's actually the heart/mind equivalent of seeing a great athlete.

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How One Book Changed My Life

Claudia Ricci | Posted 10.24.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Metta, Meditation, Sharon Salzberg, Lovingkindness, Mindfulness, Healthy Living Spirit, Books We Love, Healthy Living News
Claudia Ricci

"Lovingkindness" is not a big book. Not at all. It's actually rather small. The pages are very tiny. And her message is not new. And yet, it is monumentally important.

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The Cost of Kindness

Lissa Coffey | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Connection, Karuna, Kindness Movement, Suffering, Ellen Degeneres, Altruism, Service, Mentoring, Mentor, War, Interconnectedness, Kindness, Metta, Compassion, Healthy Living News
Lissa Coffey

We are all in this together. The time to recognize our connection to each other, and to be kind to one another, is at hand. It all starts right here, right now.

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For You To Succeed, Must Someone Else Fail?

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Bp, The Apprentice, Twitter, Rick Hanson, Matt Lauer, World Cup, President Obama, Kick Ass, Leonard Stern, Metta, Kenny Rogers, Democrats, New York, Pulitzer Prize, Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplation, Midterm Elections, Donald Trump, Village Voice Media, Spirit Rock, Father Guido Sarducci, Buddhism, Mark Millar, Hartz Mountain, John Romita Jr., Republicans, Mike Ditka, Nbc, James Baraz, Netherlands, LA Lakers, Nba, Boston Celtics, Spain, Healthy Living News
Michael Sigman

"You have to know when to kick ass and when to kiss ass." That Tweetable maxim was Leonard Stern's principal advice to me during the six years I wor...

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