The Tender Heart

Suffering is everywhere around us--from our personal experiences of illness, old age, and loss, to the public calamities of natural disasters, terrorism, and war. Buddhism has always been both honest and compassionate regarding why there is suffering in the world. Exploring the central Buddhist concepts that life is full of suffering, everything is impermanent, and that everything in existence is connected, Venerable Yifa looks at how and why suffering occurs and how we can learn from tragedies