The Path of Compassion

Buddhism's profound teachings about releasing the ego's demands, practicing mindfulness, and cultivating compassion offer wisdom that resonates deeply with Jesus's call to "lose your life to find it." We'll explore the Buddha's Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path, appreciating Buddhism's emphasis on intentional spiritual practice and its beautiful insight that suffering often comes from grasping too tightly to impermanent things.

While honoring Buddhism's distinctive approach to liberation through the extinguishing of desire, we'll discover how Jesus offers a different path—not the elimination of the self, but the discovery of our true selves in relationship with the God who created us for love. Through Buddhist wisdom about mindfulness and compassion, we can deepen our own practices of prayer and service, while sharing how the God we know in Jesus offers permanent love in an impermanent world.