Compassionate Communication
Beloved Ajahn Sucitto reads Pema Chödrön's "Widening the Circle of Compassion".
Listen here now. The reading runs about 18 minutes. You may be surprised at this message.
I encountered Pema Chödrön early in my studies of Buddhadhamma. I came to Ajahn Sucitto a couple of years later, actually through a chance encounter with on-line Sutta Readings -- I was riveted listening to his reading of the Sutta Nipata, Way to the Beyond, "Kappa's Question". I've been listening intensely ever since. I was floored recently when, at the end of a long talk and guided meditation I hadn't heard before, Ajahn suddenly launched into this reading from "a Tibetan teacher".
I've been studying Ajahn Sucitto's recorded teachings for the last 2 years. He's written one book so far, which is about his travels with friend through India. There are literally weeks worth of recorded teachings by this monk on virtually every dhamma subject, available on-line. He has given me so much, so freely of himself. May Ajahn Sucitto and Pema Chödrön live long and continue to teach us the dhamma.
May we be well, may our wellness increase.
Listen here now. The reading runs about 18 minutes. You may be surprised at this message.
I encountered Pema Chödrön early in my studies of Buddhadhamma. I came to Ajahn Sucitto a couple of years later, actually through a chance encounter with on-line Sutta Readings -- I was riveted listening to his reading of the Sutta Nipata, Way to the Beyond, "Kappa's Question". I've been listening intensely ever since. I was floored recently when, at the end of a long talk and guided meditation I hadn't heard before, Ajahn suddenly launched into this reading from "a Tibetan teacher".
I've been studying Ajahn Sucitto's recorded teachings for the last 2 years. He's written one book so far, which is about his travels with friend through India. There are literally weeks worth of recorded teachings by this monk on virtually every dhamma subject, available on-line. He has given me so much, so freely of himself. May Ajahn Sucitto and Pema Chödrön live long and continue to teach us the dhamma.
"Maitri is very much about moving closer to oneself. Welcoming what one finds in oneself. Compassion is about beginning to extend that sense of welcome outward to all that we encounter; in particular compassion means not shutting down to pain or discomfort. The pain of not liking who we are, the pain of someone not liking us. Compassion has a lot to do with opening to those feelings and to not run away from our pain so we don't have to run away from other people when they trigger our fear and aversion with ourselves and with others when the going gets rough. That is my understanding of compassion."You can read more from Pema Chödrön here.
Pema Chödrön
May we be well, may our wellness increase.
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