“Self-compassion” hard or easy?

For those of you who are practicing mindfulness meditation, the idea of “self-compassion” is apparently important. There are rather thick layers of research that you’d find for its effectiveness toward well-being of daily life. Especially there are lots of positive scientific evidence on so-called “gratitude” exercise in nursing and other healthcare areas that has its

“Well-being” is no longer a “soft slogan”

(source: https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/priorities/workplace-well-being/index.html) It’s been a buzz word, but the world started to giving a serious attention to this old and new concept of “well-being” especially since the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic. We saw our lifestyle change drastically, witnessed bad hikes of suicide and mental problems among adults and kids alike, and now we all

【salon】第32回「仏教と科学のサロン」のテーマは「他力を知る」で開催されました。

今回のテーマは、浄土教ではど真ん中の難しいテーマ「他力」でした。実は数日前に、最近「ガンダムUC」を一気に見て興奮冷めやらぬ私(平原)が、「ガンダムオタク」として鳴らすご門主に、「順序は逆になってしまったが、次は何を見るべきか?」という質問をしていたのですが、それを受けての彼の「いきなり感満載」な枕話で唐突に幕を開けました。