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It’s hard to always show compassion - even to the people we love, but Robert Thurman asks that we develop compassion for our enemies. He prescribes a seven-step meditation exercise to extend compassion beyond our inner circle.
We hear a lot about compassion nowadays, along with mindfulness, and there is no doubt it is the essence of all spirituality and also essential for any viable society or world.
This excerpt is from Link TV's Global Spirit program "The Spiritual Quest," which explores the personal, spiritual journey with Karen Armstrong, the best-selling author of "A History of God," and Robert Thurman, the first American ordained a Tibetan Buddhist monk.
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