Empathy through exchanging self with others

About this episode

Gen Chodor discusses the importance of empathy and understanding others' struggles to foster love and compassion.

Gen Chodor explains how it is easier to love people when we understand what they are going through. Using examples and analogies he explains how we can better understand the actions of others if we put ourselves in their shoes. Sometimes people’s rude or challenging behaviour is coming from their inner pain or the difficulties in they are struggling with. He introduces the teachings of the Indian… Source

People in this episode

Guest: Gen Chodor

Topics covered

• empathy
• understanding others
• self-exchange
• inner pain
• Buddhist teachings

Keywords

• empathy
• self-exchange
• Buddhism
• understanding
• inner pain
• behavior
• compassion

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