Universal values like love and mercy guide all faiths. Leaders like the Dalai Lama and Bishop Budde advocate for those values, and we can do the same with compassion.
After spending three days listening to His Holiness the Dalai Lama teach in Oregon, the Venerable Thubten Jampa, of Sravasti Abbey, is still processing the experience. “What I really found amazing,” she said, “was when he went to leave, then turned back, and said ‘I’m the same as you. You have the same potential I have.’”