Browsing Tag: Compassion

Meditation, compassion, acceptance and love stick out as major Sikhi concepts incorporated in this Huffington Post article. "...modern science has validated a number of teachings and beliefs rooted in ancient wisdom that, up until now, had been trusted but unproven empirically."

In human endeavors, we all have a personal and collective stake, and therefore we must all contribute.

And yesterday his compassion for a disfigured man prompted comparisons to the 13th Century's St Francis of Assisi.

I have come to believe that nothing should come before God and as my life progresses and the love inside my heart and soul grow more than I have ever dreamed

The idea is that the feelings we have about people can be trained in optimal ways and this technique aims to condition one’s mind to recognize how we are all inter-dependent, and that everybody desires to be happy and free from suffering at a deep level.

Let me tell you a simple but true tale of woe. I leave out any hint of the location simply because the tale is true...

“Love thy neighbor” is preached from many a pulpit. But new research from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that the highly religious are less motivated by compassion when helping a stranger than are atheists, agnostics and less religious people.

Touch gently the Life Of your fellow man For the human heart Shapes as easily As clay upon The potter's wheel

Participants in an 8 week meditation class experienced structural brain changes including increased grey-matter density in the hippocampus, known to be important for learning and memory, and in structures associated with self-awareness, compassion and introspection.

"I figure, you know, if you treat people right, you can only hope that they treat you right. It's as simple as it gets in this complicated world."

One’s own religion is supreme, but what about the other man’s faith؟

Adi Momo was a really scary mean person. Whenever he would come around the village he would steal from everyone and beat them. One man was very forgiving and wise. He just starting singing Adi Momo's name. Singing and singing..... something happened. Adi Momo did something no one had ever seen him do before...