Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival.

Dalai Lamas voice... as important as ever, not only because of his wisdom and unique position, but because people listen to him.

What does it mean to be compassionate? How can we show other people compassion? The only true way to start is to practice compassion in relation to our own experience. Yogapractice embodies that. Every breath in a posture with awareness is an act of compassion, if we invest in honestly exploring the depth of experience without struggling to acchieve a goal. The moment we start investing in a goal, there is a subtle violence or at least a risk of violence. How to be compassionate if we don't know ourselves or other people truly and how to get to know ourselves if we are ruled by desire to be other than what we are ...?