Word: compassioner
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Walking out of a Buddhist bookstore in San Francisco early this month, I heard from the radio of a passing car the voice of U.S. President George W. Bush giving his annual State of the Union speech. For a second, the word compassion seemed to hang in the clear air...
Immersed in Buddhist literature for the past few years, I have come to know well how words suddenly lose their familiar meanings when encountered in a different society or culture. I was not surprised when reading Bush's full speech to encounter his own special meaning of such resonant words...
I've had enough of the media's second-guessing the U.S.'s contributions to tsunami-disaster relief. Such criticism only cheapens the aid and compassion we are offering. Instead of expending energy on useless questioning of our generosity and motives, all efforts should be directed toward helping the victims...
The Ongoing Iraq Disaster The public outpouring of support for tsunami victims is impressive and admirable [Jan. 10]. But why are the deaths of thousands of innocent Iraqi civilians met with silence or head-in-the-sand denial? While the media are preoccupied with feel-good, human-interest stories stemming...
The problem with the progressive community is not one of substance, it’s one of strategy. Everyone on this campus holds in them—to at least some extent—an understanding of and sympathy with the ideals we hold most closely: community, compassion, diversity and...