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oapen-20.500.12657-862422023-12-20T02:40:02Z Cultivating Compassion Shi, Juewei Hill, Stephen Franzway, Suzanne adaptation to crises Buddhism community resilience Compassion crises Cultivating Franzway Going Hill Juewei Lucy Melville Stephen Suzanne bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs::HRE Buddhism::HREP Buddhist life & practice bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFC Social impact of disasters bic Book Industry Communication::K Economics, finance, business & management::KC Economics::KCX Economic & financial crises & disasters The massive disruptions caused by climate change, the Covid-19 Pandemic, war, and ever-rising inequalities have presented the world with challenges across social and economic life, health and education, policy, politics, and community life. Compassion is a central Buddhist value and practice but is also essential to our survival. Defined as feeling genuine concern about the suffering of others and, critically, coupled with a commitment to attempt to alleviate or prevent it. The desire and commitment to help are what differentiates compassion from similar emotions like empathy and sympathy. Compassion demands the courage to turn toward suffering with clarity and skilful means. Hence, we have the Buddhist recognition that compassion is inseparable from wisdom, in the analogy of the two wings. This book is titled, Cultivating Compassion: Going Beyond Crises as it is rooted in this perspective while presenting different approaches which aim to advance our understanding of the questions and dilemmas posed by the current global crises and the cultivation of compassion. 2023-12-19T11:23:00Z 2023-12-19T11:23:00Z 2023 book ONIX_20231219_9781803741949_6 9781803741949 9781803741956 9781803741932 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/86242 eng application/pdf n/a 9781803741949.pdf https://www.peterlang.com/downloadpdf/title/78281 Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 10.3726/b20878 10.3726/b20878 e927e604-2954-4bf6-826b-d5ecb47c6555 9781803741949 9781803741956 9781803741932 338 Bern open access
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The massive disruptions caused by climate change, the Covid-19 Pandemic, war, and ever-rising inequalities have presented the world with challenges across social and economic life, health and education, policy, politics, and community life. Compassion is a central Buddhist value and practice but is also essential to our survival. Defined as feeling genuine concern about the suffering of others and, critically, coupled with a commitment to attempt to alleviate or prevent it. The desire and commitment to help are what differentiates compassion from similar emotions like empathy and sympathy. Compassion demands the courage to turn toward suffering with clarity and skilful means. Hence, we have the Buddhist recognition that compassion is inseparable from wisdom, in the analogy of the two wings. This book is titled, Cultivating Compassion: Going Beyond Crises as it is rooted in this perspective while presenting different approaches which aim to advance our understanding of the questions and dilemmas posed by the current global crises and the cultivation of compassion.
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