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We strongly suggest not viewing these files independently but together with their corresponding text in the book.
- Sound Collage by Nathalie Singer: What We Would Like to Do
- Chapter 1: Video Brooke Dodson-Lavelle
- Sound Collage by Nathalie Singer: Compassion in Education
- Chapter 2: Video Margaret Cullen
- Sound File by Margaret Cullen "Kindness"
- Sound File by Margaret Cullen "Forgiveness Meditation"
- Chapter 3: Video Paul Gilbert
- Sound File by Paul Gilbert "Fears of Compassion"
- Sound File by Paul Gilbert "Patients"
- Chapter 4: Video Barry Kerzin
- Sound File by Barry Kerzin "Generosity"
- Sound File by Barry Kerzin "Tong Len Meditation"
- Video Chapter: Suna Yamaner & Regula Langeman: Non-Violent Communication
- Sound Collage by Nathalie Singer: When I am Angry…
- Chapter 5: Video Erika L. Rosenberg
- Chapter 5: Video Margaret Cullen
- Sound File by Erika L. Rosenberg “Tong Len Meditation”
- Sound File Justin Horner read by Erika L. Rosenberg “The Tire Iron and the Tamale”
- Chapter 6: Video Joan Halifax
- Sound File Gary Pasternak read by Joan Halifax “Being with Dying”
- Sound Collage by Nathalie Singer: Compassion is…
- Chapter 7: Video Paul Gilbert
- Sound Collage by Nathalie Singer: Buddhist Voices
- Chapter 8: Video Diego Hangartner
- Sound File by Diego Hangartner "Loving Kindness Meditation"
- Chapter 9: Video Barry Kerzin
- Sound File by Barry Kerzin "Guided Death of the Ego Meditation"
- Chapter 10: Video Tania Singer
- Chapter 10: Video Boris Bornemann
- Chapter 11: Video Paul Grossman
- Sound File by Paul Grossman "A Personal Experiment"
- Chapter 12: Video Joan Halifax
- Chapter 13: Video Charles Raison
- Chapter 14: Video Joshua Grant
- Sound Collage by Nathalie Singer: Empathy versus Compassion
- Chapter 15: Video Tania Singer
- Chapter 15: Video Matthieu Ricard
- Chapter 15: Video Olga Klimecki
- Sound File by Matthieu Ricard "First-Person Perspective"
- Sound Collage by Nathalie Singer: Burn-out and Empathic Distress
- Chapter 16: Video Kristen Neff
- Chapter 16: Video Chris Germer
- Sound File by Kristin Neff "Self-Compassion versus Self-Esteem"
- Chapter 17: Video Bethany Kok
- Chapter 18: Video Margaret Kemen
- Chapter 19: Video Cliff Saron
