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by Nina   Lake Tahoe by Melina Meza �Nonetheless, the current finding is the first to clearly show the power of meditation to increase compassionate responding to suffering, even in the face of social pressures to avoid so doing. As such, it provides scientific credence to ancient Buddhist teachings that meditation increases spontaneous compassionate behavior.� �Paul Condon, et al Just a quick heads-up today about a recent scientific study about the effects of meditation practice on compassion that was written up in last Sunday�s NY Times The Morality of Meditation . In my post Practicing Yoga Off the Mat , I wrote about my desire to cultivate compassion toward others in my life to foster better relationships. In that post, I cited Yoga Sutra 1.33 in describing my off-the-mat practice: By cultivating an attitude of friendship toward those who are happy, compassion toward those in distress, joy toward those who are virtuous, and equanimity toward those who are nonvirtuous, lucidity...