James Baraz: Amazing Grace: Why Do Some People Turn Their Suffering into Compassion While Others Become Embittered?

16/06/2022 50 min
James Baraz: Amazing Grace:
Why Do Some People Turn Their Suffering into Compassion While Others Become Embittered?

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Episode Synopsis

(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) In one discourse the Buddha taught that suffering can be a causative factor for faith to arise. However, that is not always the case. In fact, often suffering leads to bitterness, fear, and ill will. Why is it that, for some people, suffering is the catalyst to begin their spiritual journey and for others it's leads to negative patterns that contribute to a society filled with divisiveness, fear and "othering." We'll explore this mysterious process

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