compassion

'...There are two kinds of religion: "I want something" religion and "Give to" religion. "I want something" religion means people want something - health, prosperity, peace, happiness, enlightenment, salvation, to go to heaven. Many kinds of wanting. "Give to" religion means don't think...

I'm an atheist skeptic in the Bible Belt. Often tempted to leave family and friends and light out for the territory where people have a little more sense and tolerance. It's hard to feel free here. You feel like if everyone knew what you thought, you'd be an outcast. In my case, my job would...

I recently read that Dalai Lama had said in an interview that the reason the people in Tibet was suffering was because of (their?) bad karma. My question if anyone knows is, how do buddhist combine the feeling of compassion to people who suffer while also having the opinion that they had it...