The following talk was given at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California.

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So, hello and welcome to this fourth talk about compassionate action.

And it's maybe worth repeating that this talks about compassionate action

are building on a whole series of talks before that focused on the role of developing awareness

as a foundation for compassionate action, developing attunement with others in ourselves

as a foundation for compassion, cultivating appreciation of others, a deep respect,

also as a foundation for compassionate action, to cultivate the appropriate aspiration,

wish as part of compassionate action.

And with all that, we're ready for to act compassionately.

And so, we don't want to be impulsive in the compassionate action or unconsidered or necessarily think

just because we identify something like compassion or desire to help people

or to stop suffering that it's wisely considered.

To consider wisely is an important part of the Buddhist practice.

To consider the profoundly, to have a profound consideration, which means to stop and feel

and have access to some sense of a profound source within.

Take the time. What is the depths of your being?

Say, or how does that inform you? Or how does that help you understand the situation?

And I like this expression, depth of your being.

Some people might say whatever's heartfelt, but even the heart might not be the fullest

or the wisest place from which to act in the world.

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