Episode 128: Simple Compassion

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of small, daily acts of compassion in the face of overwhelming suffering.

[This episode originally aired on July 4, 2023] The word “compassion” can seem so overwhelming in the face of all the suffering in the world that it can stop us in our tracks • while we’re imagining all the great gestures of compassion that we might do, we can miss the small, ordinary, daily acts of compassion that really do affect our world • some of the hardest compassion to feel is just being present with suffering that isn't fixable • this is what peop...

People in this episode

Host: Judy Lief

Topics covered

• compassion
• suffering
• mindfulness
• Buddhism
• daily acts
• presence

Keywords

• compassion
• suffering
• mindfulness
• Buddhism
• presence
• ordinary acts
• daily life

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