Assignment task:
Topic: Compassion and the Mind, according to the Dalai Lama.
1. What are discernment and mindfulness? How do they help people develop and enact compassion in everyday life?
2. How can inner values and individual mental training have an impact on the external challenges of our globalized world? Provide a specific example.
3. What reasons does the Dalai Lama give for encouraging people to start with themselves?