The Buddha taught a path of woke up dwelling, however how does that manifest in at this time’s world of fixed connectivity and widespread struggling?
How will we preserve our hearts open with out being outlined or hardened by the ache that surrounds us, whether or not private, collective, or historic? How will we navigate the paradox of holding each ache and pleasure, with out mistaking struggling for punishment or private failure? Can we infuse our compassion with knowledge and perspective to search out the company to take significant motion in our communities? In her new sequence, Engaged Compassion, Sharon delves into these questions and extra, partaking in candid conversations with a various group of lecturers, activists, and changemakers.
For the third episode within the sequence, Sharon speaks with Anu Gupta, marking his fourth look on the Metta Hour. Anu Gupta is an educator, lawyer, scientist, and the founder and CEO of Be Extra with Anu. His work has reached 300+ organizations, coaching greater than 80,000 professionals, and impacting over 30 million lives. As a homosexual immigrant of colour, Anu got here to the work of breaking bias on account of lifelong experiences with racism, homophobia, and Islamophobia. He’s a educated meditation and yoga trainer with over 10,000 hours of meditation follow and has a JD from NYU Legislation and BA in Worldwide Relations and Center Japanese & Islamic Research. As a peer-reviewed writer, Anu has written and spoken extensively, together with on the TED stage, the Oprah Dialog, Quick Firm, and Newsweek. His first e-book, “Breaking Bias” got here out in 2024 from Hay Home, and he presently shares his writings by way of his Substack, Soul Power for the twenty first Century.
On this dialog, Sharon and Anu talk about:
How you can domesticate goodwill
Bearing witness to struggling
Working with anger and delusion
Teachings from the Bhagavad Gita
Compassion’s close to and much enemies
Non-attachment in activism
Joseph Goldstein’s important teachings
Equanimity in follow
Combining the religious, private, and political
Collective consciousness as an ocean
Knowledge from Margaret Mead, Gandhi, and MLK Jr.
Boundaries round media
Buddha’s 5 cures for anger
The lifelines of Sangha (group)
Extra Assets
To shut out the episode, Anu leads a guided meditation. You may study extra about Anu’s work proper right here and take a look at his Substack writings proper right here.
