{"id":1367,"date":"2024-07-23T01:08:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T01:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/registrar\/?p=1367"},"modified":"2026-05-29T18:33:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T18:33:48","slug":"thl324-self-compassion-for-buddhists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maitripa.org\/registrar\/thl324-self-compassion-for-buddhists\/","title":{"rendered":"THL324 Self-Compassion for Buddhists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><em>(1 credit)<\/em> Many Buddhists dedicate themselves to practicing kindness and compassion for others, and inadvertently leave themselves out. 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