Buddhadharma: The Practitioner's Quarterly

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uman beings have written paeans to everything from shadows to nightingales, but few things inspire more admiration in bodhisattvas than compassion. Yet what exactly does compassion, a word used so liberally today, consist of? Wisdom by the Dalai Lama and Thubten Chodron is a comprehensive treatment of Buddhist compassion that probes its depths concept by concept, from the four immeasurables to the various facets of bodhicitta and its cultivation as found across the Tibetan, Chinese, and Pali traditions. In this indispensable reference work that lays out the theory and praxis of bodhisattvic compassion, we are reminded that the altruistic wish to benefit all beings unconditionally “doesn’t arise

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