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Boundless Compassion
Joyce Rupp on the call to embody compassion as Jesus did.
Living Compassion
Instructions for the compassion practice of Taking the Other's Pulse: Offering Compassion to the Other.
Sadhu Sundar Singh
Sundar Singh's teaching story illustrating how in helping others we receive help ourselves.
Calming the Fearful Mind
Thich Nhat Hanh's poem on practicing compassion rather than hatred.
It's Up to You
Dzigar Kongtrul on having the courage to encounter suffering with compassion.
The Death of Innocents
Sister Helen Prejean on having compassion toward all, including criminals, animals, and the ravaged earth.
Light Through Darkness
John Chryssavgis on tears as our conscious contact with God's presence.
Hunger
Sharman Apt Russell on the difficulty of practicing compassion.
Not Turning Away
Editor Susan Moon offers Melody Ermachild Chavis's essay on prayers offered in solidarity with the executed man, his relatives, the victims and their families, and for the prison staff.
Delicious Laughter
A poem by Rumi, translated by Coleman Barks, on the assurance of mercy.