By being good to ourselves—by taking in the fruits of our own giving—we give ourselves more capacity to help other people. Practice, in Buddhism, is about developing oneself. It’s about training the mind, certainly for one's own sake, but also for the capacity to help other people. Because it's when our own cup runneth over that we have more we can offer to others.
Rick Hanson
Guest Teacher
Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a psychologist, Senior Fellow UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, and NYT best-selling author. His seven books have been published in 33 languages – with over a million copies in English alone. He’s lectured at NASA, Google, Oxford, and Harvard, and taught in meditation centers worldwide.