Compassion: Listening to the Cries of the World [Paperback]

Christina Feldman (Author)

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Publication Date: August 18, 2005

Compassion in the face of pain, anguish, or unspeakable evil often produces confusion and bewilderment: How can someone endure such unjust suffering with such calm? Wouldn't it be more natural, and more proper, to not be calm at all? In Compassion, Christina Feldman draws over 30 years of experience as a Buddhist to explain how ordinary people are able to use compassion to overcome negative feelings like tragedy, pain, and terror. Feldman first examines compassion itself, using Buddhist texts and real-life stories to explain precisely what this strange force is, and argues that it is the most precious of all gifts. Feldman then proceeds to show, in six separate chapters, how compassion can be used in the face of adversity, mapping out meditations and strategies that can overcome the dark thoughts that everyone experiences. Compassion is for anyone who has ever felt helpless in our own turbulent, uncertain times.

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About the Author

Christina Feldman has written several books, including The Buddhist Path to Simplicity, Meditation, and Principles of Meditation. The cofounder of and a guiding teacher at Gaia House, a Buddhist meditation center, she lives in Devon, England

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Rodmell Press (August 18, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1930485115
• ISBN-13: 978-1930485112
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #194,991 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Essay on Compassion!, August 23, 2007

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Christina Feldman has written an outstanding essay on compassion. She courageously and clearly explores her topic with confidence. Compassion is a multi-faceted experience, complex and richly textured, and Feldman has been able to illuminate it beautifully. I would call her understanding of compassion comprehensive and creative, including her meditations on the various aspects of the topic. If you only read one book in your life time on compassion, may it be this one. This book will change how you think, how you approach yourself, how you approach others, how you approach the world. A must read for anyone on a spiritual path.