Standing at the edge

finding freedom where fear and courage meet

280 pages

English language

Published Jan. 30, 2018

OCLC Number:
1029769998

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via Rebecca Solnit, who provides the introduction

Accounts and reflection, mostly personally connected to the author's global Buddhist peacemaking journey, of deeply lived altruism, empathy, integrity, respect, and engagement (her organizing terms) that are central to ethical life but risk becoming all-consuming and counter-destructive at the extremes. Care and freedom for all is inseparable from care for oneself.

Subjects

  • Empathy
  • Conduct of life
  • Compassion
  • Engagement (Philosophy)
  • Suffering
  • Respect
  • Altruism
  • Integrity