Charter for Compassion
Here is the complete text of the Charter for Compassion: The principle of compassion lies at the heart of … Read More
Every Human Being Needs Empathy and Compassion
After President Obama stated that he would use “empathy” as one criterion for selecting a candidate for the U. S. Read More
How can communities be compassionate?
Community in the narrow sense is a neighborhood or a cluster of neighborhoods. Read More
The Compassion Superficiality Quiz
Is your compassion only “ribbon deep”? Do you worry about the possibility that your compassionate actions … Read More
Mindfulness becomes Mainstream
Mindfulness has reached a milestone in its evolution as a social movement. Mindful.org … Read More
Awareness & Mindfulness as Foundations of Compassion
The state of being mentally and emotionally sensitized to an object of suffering constitutes the first stepping stone of compassion … Read More
The Compassionate Listening Project
The Compassionate Listening Project teaches skills for peacemaking that can be utilized in … Read More
Suffering can be the Seeds of your Strength
After 25 years of police and criminal justice work, Cheri Maples co-founded the Center for Mindfulness & … Read More
Why do we often fail to fund adequate disaster relief?
“The worst disaster ever seen,” said the UN Secretary General today in describing the Pakistan … Read More