Empathy as A Way of Life: Compassion (Karuna), The Second Brahma-Vihara

On to my second post about the Brahma-Viharas. You can read the first one on loving-kindness here. Now I will turn my attention to compassion…

Most of us want to turn away from suffering. I can instinctively do it at times. Just in front of my apartment, for example, there is a homeless encampment. Two dirty mattresses, strewn with garbage…