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Below are the best articles we could find on Buddhism and compassion.

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Fearless Compassion in the Face of Violence

The willingness to face suffering can give rise to compassion.

Frank Ostaseski

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Interview with Gil Fronsdal & Nikki Mirghafori: Into the Abyss

Nikki Mirghafori discusses her introduction to Buddhism and some of the insights and experiences she has had on her path.

Editors of Inquiring Mind

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Life as Moments of Mercy: An Interview with Stephen Levine

Much of the work that Ondrea and I do is the work of encouraging the mind to sink into the heart. We explore grief—not just the grief of the loss of a loved one, but the loss of safety, confidence, and trust which accompanies grief.

Randy Peyser, Stephen Levine

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9 Interesting Facts About CFT / Compassion Focused Therapy

Nine facts about CFT a psychotherapy system created by Paul Gilbert that incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) methods with topics such as evolutionary psychology, social psychology, developmental psychology, Buddhist psychology and neuroscience.

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Cultivate a Metta Mind: Loving-Kindness Meditation

Loving-kindness meditation (metta) challenges us to send love and compassion to the difficult people in our lives, including ourselves.

Sylvia Boorstein

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Inspiration and Joy Amidst Suffering and Loss

As Buddhist teaching says, suffering has the potential to deepen our compassion and understanding of the human condition. And in so doing, it can lead us to even greater faith, joy and well-being.

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Build Your Resilience in the Face of a Crisis

Mindfulness experts Rasmus Hougaard and Jacqueline Carter show, by way of the Buddhist parable of the second arrow, how the mind’s response to crisis is a choice we can control.

Rasmus Hougaard, Jacqueline Carter, Moses Mohan

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Tonglen: In with the Bad, Out with the Good

“Accepting and sending out” is a powerful meditation to develop compassion—for ourselves and others. Ethan Nichtern teaches us how to do it in formal practice and on the spot whenever suffering arises.

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We Are Tara

Tara is the female buddha of compassion. Called Drolma in Tibetan, her name means Female Liberator or Mother Liberator.

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Buddhist Women: One Nun’s Hardship & Beauty

The Story of Gelongma Palmo. One of the key themes of Buddhist life stories is that our experiences are not only made up of circumstances, but also of our reaction to those circumstances.

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