Cultivating Compassion Going beyond crises

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishers 2023
• Subjects: adaptation to crises; Book Industry Communication; Buddhism; Buddhist life & practice; Buddhist life and practice; community resilience; Compassion; crises; Cultivating; Economic & financial crises & disasters; Economic and financial crises and disasters; Economics; Economics, finance, business & management; Economics, Finance, Business and Management; Franzway; Going; Hill; Humanities; Juewei; Lucy; Melville; Philosophy and Religion; Religion & beliefs; Religion and beliefs; Social and ethical issues; Social impact of disasters; Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made); Social issues & processes; Society & culture: general; Society & social sciences; Society and culture: general; Society and Social Sciences; Stephen; Suzanne; thema EDItEUR
• ISBN: 1803741937; 9781803741932; 9781803741956; 1803741945; 1803741953; 9781803741949
• DOI: 10.3726/b20878

The massive disruptions caused by climate change, the Covid-19 Pandemic, war, and ever-rising inequalities have presented the world with challenges across social and economic life, health and education, policy, politics, and community life. Compassion is a central Buddhist value and practice but is also essential to our survival. Defined as feeling genuine concern about the suffering of others and, critically, coupled with a commitment to attempt to alleviate or prevent it. The desire and commitment to help are what differentiates compassion from similar emotions like empathy and sympathy. Compassion demands the courage to turn toward suffering with clarity and skilful means.　 Hence, we have the Buddhist recognition that compassion is inseparable from wisdom, in the analogy of the two wings. This book is titled, Cultivating Compassion: Going Beyond Crises as it is rooted in this perspective while presenting different approaches which aim to advance our understanding of the questions and dilemmas posed by the current global crises and the cultivation of compassion.