We can’t just decide to forgive and magically

let go of all the past pains and resentments.

But it has to begin somewhere, and it begins

with the understanding that all harm caused

comes out of suffering and ignorance.

Forgiveness is a process that continues throughout our lives. It begins when we begin to understand how to forgive. The practice of forgiveness has three aspects or categories.

1. Asking for forgiveness from those whom we have harmed (through both meditation and amends)

2. Offering forgiveness to those who have harmed us (meditation)

3. Forgiving ourselves for all the ways we have harmed ourselves and others (meditation and living amends)