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Ep. 37 – The Eightfold Path: Compassion Through Right Thought

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

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Compassion Is the Activity of Emptiness

The more we practice and grow in our wisdom, the wisdom of understanding selflessness, the more compassion manifests spontaneously. We begin to see that compassion is the activity of emptiness. This is compassion not as a stance of the ego - I am such a compassionate person. Rather, it is the spontaneous expression of a heart and mind that's free from self-reference.

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