Joan Halifax: Zen and Compassion (TED Talk)

Zen Buddhist Roshi Joan Halifax works with people at the last stage of life (in hospice and on Death Row). She shares what she's learned about compassion (karuna) in the face of death and dying with deep insight into the nature of empathy.

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