"Intro to compassion" - Saturday May 20th
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
2025: The Year of Puzzling It Out!
There’s a one-story house where everything is yellow.
The walls are yellow, the doors are yellow, and even the furniture is yellow.
What colour are the stairs?
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Out with the Old, In with the Confusing!
I have hands but can’t clap.
What am I?
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