How do I show love and compassion to people from different religions and backgrounds?

Mirabai spent her life loving Krishna across the boundaries that were supposed to contain her—caste, family, respectability. She didn't do it by erasing difference or pretending everyone believes the same thing. She did it by letting her heart break open to what mattered most: the divine in another person, whatever name they called it. Start where Mirabai did: with attention. Really listen to how someone else experiences meaning, faith, grief, joy. Don't listen to agree or fix. Listen the way you'd listen to music you don't understand at first—let it teach you something about what humans need. Then practice small acts of genuine respect. Show up for someone's sacred day even if it's not yours. Ask real questions about what matters to them instead of making assumptions. Learn one prayer or poem from a tradition not your own and sit with it. The hardest part—and Mirabai knew this—is staying open when it would be easier to retreat into your own world. Compassion across difference requires you to examine your own heart first: Where are you defensive? Where do you assume you're right? Mirabai's devotion wasn't soft. It was fierce and honest. Yours can be too.