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Ep. 150 – Nature of Mind

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

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The Nature of Awareness Is Compassion

The nature of awareness is compassion. This was explained more precisely in the Buddhist psychology, the Abhidhamma. It's saying in every wholesome state of mind, every mind free of delusion, loving-kindness, gentleness is present. When the kind heart comes close to suffering, what is its response? Compassion. So we begin to see that this is the natural flow, the natural movement of awareness, of wisdom.

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