Ep. 287 – The Secret of Compassion
9/23/20251 hr 5 min
In this powerful lecture on responding to suffering, Ram Dass draws on the wisdom of the Buddha, Trungpa Rinpoche, and Wavy Gravy, and offers his insight into the secret of compassion.
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This episode of Here and Now comes from a lecture Ram Dass gave at the Omega Institute on June 28th, 1983.
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[gentle music] And I ask you, do you wanna help or do you wanna help? I mean, do you really wanna help? Are you willing to give up your righteousness to help? And if you give up your righteousness, would you help? And can you hear the problem? I