Blogs on Compassionate Societies

A world-wide conversation on compassion

Tags >> Buddhism
Apr 07

The Four Immeasurables; My Sojourn in Buddhism

Clarissa Eads Posted by: Clarissa Eads in Featured Blogs | Comment (0)
Tagged in: compassion , Buddhism


In 2002 I travelled to India and Nepal to study Buddhism. I began with an organized pilgrimage called “Chasing Buddha” and ended up at a monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal called Kopan. The two month trip was a Buddhism intensive, immersion experience. A box of journals, books and various other articles from the trip had been packed away unopened until a few weeks ago when my parents finally cleared everything out of storage before moving across the country. 

Read More...

Best Sites & Books

Our suggested
compassion-related websites

Our recommendations for the
100 best books on compassion

Compassion News

The ground-breaking Charter for Compassion celebrated its anniversary November 2010 with a 2-hour TED-prize presentation at the UN.
           Karen Armstrong, chief architect of the Charter for Compassion, on Sept. 11, 2010 posted a great article on Compassion and anti-Muslim sentiments on the 10-year anniversary of 9/11.
           Over 60,000 people, plus organizations around the world such as the Presbyterian Church, have endorsed the Charter for Compassion.

Popular Site Articles


/home/a_day_without_dignity/compassionv2.jpg
Ingredients of Personal Compassion
Several basic ingredients are essential to sustaining a compassion-filled life.
Read more
Hits 645
/home/a_day_without_dignity/helpinoldermanphotoshorter.jpg
Can Politics be Truly Caring and Compassionate?
When shown the word pairing, "compassionate politics," most people seem puzzled or they give a
Read more
Hits 389
/home/a_day_without_dignity/img11.png
Suffering Around The World
Suffering in Statistical Bullet Points (Source) Poverty is projected to peak in 2013 at 14% of
Read more
Hits 363
/home/a_day_without_dignity/world_map_sq_w_20_resize.jpg
Introduction to the Good Society Index
For an introduction and overview of the Good Society Index, open and view the (PDF) slide show by
Read more
Hits 330
/home/a_day_without_dignity/elevenwellgaising_resize.jpg
Business Model for a Compassionate Project
Three marketing students from Lake Constance, Germany decided to break some rules of business by
Read more
Hits 314
Implications of the Charter for Compassion
"The Charter for Compassion is a summons to action, not just a feel-good thing," British scholar more
Hits 250
Practicing Compassion
Practicing Compassion by Ani Pema Chodron (Editor's Note: this essay is condensed, with more
Hits 233
Fierce Compassion
After 25 years of police and criminal justice work, Cheri Maples co-founded the Center for more
Hits 233
Watering the Seeds of Joy
After 25 years of police and criminal justice work, Cheri Maples co-founded the Center for more
Hits 228
Communitarianism
Robert Putnam defined the social capital as the "collective value of all social networks and the more
Hits 219

Latest Blog Comments