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"Intro to compassion" - Saturday May 20th

Admin from Nyima Tashi Kagyu Buddhist Centre

Join us for a discussion on compassion: What it is, what it is not and how do we utilise compassion in everyday life

Generally when we think of compassion, we think of a spontaneous feeling of sympathy or empathy and perhaps even a sense of pity for others, but it is not as simplistic as that--from a Buddhist perspective compassion covers all aspects of positive emotions, which is why compassion is also seen as a transformative emotion rather than seeing compassion as only sharing in the pain and unhappiness of others.

10am - 12pm, $27 waged, $15 students -- registration essential
email: nyimatashi.nz@gmail.com or phone: 815 0850
Nyima Tashi Buddhist Centre 717 New North Road, Mt Albert

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