James Baraz: Across the Great Divide: What the Dharma Can Offer for Healing Our Country
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English - November 12, 2020 20:30 - 52 minutes - 71.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsBuddhism Religion & Spirituality dharma dhamma seed insight meditation vipassana metta retreat buddhism buddhist Homepage Download IPFS Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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(Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley) However you feel about the outcome, the presidential election has underscored the polarization that currently exists in our country. As long as each side mistrusts and fears the other, we cannot truly have peace and work together to make this a better society.
What does the Dharma offer to help heal this divide? How can our practice support us individually and collectively to open our hearts with compassion and bridge the gulf with those who seem so different from us? How can we create better understanding and cut through "othering" so that each of us can contribute to greater healing rather than more divisiveness?