Compassion Talks

Compassion is a social feeling that motivates people to go out of their way to relieve the physical, mental, or emotional pains of others and themselves. Compassion is sensitivity to the emotional aspects of the suffering of others. When based on notions such as fairness, justice, and interdependence, it may be considered partially rational in nature.

Compassion involves "feeling for another" and is a precursor to empathy, the "feeling as another" capacity (as opposed to sympathy, the "feeling towards another"). In common parlance, active compassion is the desire to alleviate another's suffering.

Compassion involves allowing ourselves to be moved by suffering to help alleviate and prevent it. An act of compassion is one that is intended to be helpful. Other virtues that harmonize with compassion include patience, wisdom, kindness, perseverance, warmth, and resolve. It is often, though not inevitably, the key component in altruism. The difference between sympathy and compassion is that the former responds to others' suffering with sorrow and concern whereas the latter responds with warmth and care. An article in Clinical Psychology Review suggests that "compassion consists of three facets: noticing, feeling, and responding".

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2015.08.21-serial.00158

Compassion, Attachment, Subject-and-Object, Non-duality, Non-discrimination, Breath,...
Aug 21 2015

2010.08.12-serial.00135

Silence, Interview, Religion, Emotions, Dragons, Posture, Compassion
Aug 12 2010

2010.08.11-serial.00132

Nirvana Sutra, Concentration, Enemies, Freedom, confusion, Attachment, Culture,...
Aug 11 2010

2010.08.10-serial.00131

Concentration, Heart Sutra, Fundraising, Funeral, Balance, Enemies, Dragons, Passions...
Aug 10 2010

2009.07.04-serial.00203

Precepts, Practice Period, Manjushri, Subject-and-Object, Instruction, Vinaya, Don...
Jul 04 2009

2008.01.22-serial.00112H

Daily Life, Buddha Nature, Oneness, Buddha Ancestors, difficulty, Impermanence,...
Jan 22 2008

2008.01.21-serial.00112E

Buddha Mind, Buddha Ancestors, Compassion, Soto Zen, Samadhi, Dependent Origination,...
Jan 21 2008

2008.01.20-serial.00112D

training, Buddha Nature, Impermanence, Daily Life, soto, Repentance, Meditation, Vows...
Jan 20 2008

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