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LuvNewcastle

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3. The whole world needs that.

Reply to Sanity Claws (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 13, 2015, 08:25 AM

Jun 2015

I've read that some Buddhists go through compassion-training exercises. I wish they taught them in public schools. Make it part of the core. A lot of the world's problems stem from lack of empathy and compassion for others outside their group. In ancient times, compassion was a mark of the civilized. In some ways, I think we have lost some ground over the ages.

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