- Dzigar Kongtrul writes about compassion as a practice large enough to embrace suffering and difficulties.
- Aura Glaser delineates the multidimensional nature of compassion as intensely personal and deeply social.
- Sister Helen Prejean connects compassion to the issue of the death penalty.
- Jim Wallis claims that compassion has to do with making connections, empathy, and acknowledging the kindred spirit we all share.
- Bernie Glassman talks about bearing witness as a spiritual practice that encourages us to see the big picture and to empathize with all through compassion.
- His Holiness the Dalai Lama shares his ideas on how we can transform the world through compassion.
- Karen Armstrong writes about the growing importance of compassion in a post-9/11 world where we must lay aside greed and selfishness.
- Marcus Borg assesses the historical Jesus and the heart of contemporary faith in light of compassion.
- David Augsburger shares a teaching story by the Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko on compassion.
- Sam Keen presents a liberating and bold vision of what it would take to achieve to world compassionate order.
- Melody Ermachild Chavis commends compassionate prayers offered in solidarity with prisoners facing execution, as well as for their loved ones, their victims, and prison staff.
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