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Podcast: Skillful Means Podcast
Episode: #13 Compassion Guided Practice
Description: Text me your feedback.Karuna, or compassion, is the second in the series of the four most highly regarded qualities, or “sublime states,” in Buddhism: metta (loving-kindness), karuna (compassion), mudita (sympathetic joy) and upeksa (equanimity). Compassion arises when loving-kindness meets suffering and stays loving. It's more of a process than a static quality. In practice, we call upon this natural capacity of the heart and purposefully sustain it through the repetition of phrases. In this guided meditation, Sarah Jane encourages you to draw on the natural care that arises when considering a beloved person...