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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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Compassion with the Controlling Impulse

Emphasizing compassion and de-emphasizing trying to control. Compassion with the impulse to try to control. Being careful without trying to control. Impartiality towards the outcome; for example,...

Compassion, control, non-grasping, Lovingkindness, Avalokiteshvara, Avalokiteshvara,...
Feb 04 2023
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No Abode Hermitage

Compassion Beyond Control Boundaries

Compassion, Lovingkindness, Avalokiteshvara
Feb 04 2023

Compassionate Paths to Buddhahood

Buddha, Compassion, Bodhisattva
Jan 13 2023

The Zazen of the Buddhas' Is Great Compassion

The zazen of the buddhas is great compassion.The most common type of compassion is compassion towards suffering as it appears to us. It sees living beings and their suffering as independently...

Compassion, Han, Pukkasati, Birth-and-Death, Suzuki Roshi, Practice Period, Intimacy...
Dec 10 2022
No Abode Hermitage

Formality Fosters Genuine Zen Intimacy

Intimacy, Sangha, Compassion
Dec 04 2022

Cultivating Compassion Within Zen Practice

Practice, Compassion, Offering
Dec 02 2022

Zen's Dance of Compassionate Stillness

Compassion, Bell, Suzuki Roshi
Dec 01 2022

Communion Through Great Compassion

Compassion, Transmission, Practice
Nov 30 2022

Embracing Dragons in Zazen Practice

Compassion, Practice, Instruction
Oct 22 2022

Protecting and Liberating All Beings

A residential retreat at Mount Madonna.

#MtMadonna-2021-Fall, Compassion, Diversity, Intimacy, Faith, Observe, Conversation,...
Nov 21 2021
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Mount Madonna Center

Compassionate Consciousness Through Zen Awakening

Sangha, Compassion, Gratitude
Nov 21 2021

Layers of Compassion Unveiled

Compassion, Practice, Suffering
Nov 21 2021

November 20th, 2021, Serial No. 04590

Compassion, Vow, Karmic Consciousness
Nov 20 2021

Protecting and Liberating All Beings

A residential weekend retreat at Mount Madonna.

#MtMadonna-2021-Fall, Compassion, Intimacy, Observe, Zazen, Bodhidharma, American...
Nov 19 2021
Mount Madonna Center

The Science of Compassion

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode community

Enlightenment, Compassion, Karmic Consciousness, Yangshan, Non-thinking, ...
Nov 13 2021
Zoom

November 13th, 2021, Serial No. 04584

Consciousness, Karmic Consciousness, Compassion
Nov 13 2021

November 12th, 2021, Serial No. 04594

Compassion, Buddha, Karmic Consciousness
Nov 12 2021

Impartial Path to Universal Compassion

Compassion, Hate, Equanimity
Nov 10 2021

November 7th, 2021, Serial No. 04582

Compassion, Practice, Suffering
Nov 07 2021

October 20th, 2021, Serial No. 04576

Compassion, Buddha, Pain
Oct 20 2021

October 13th, 2021, Serial No. 04575

Compassion, Suffering, Buddha
Oct 13 2021

October 2nd, 2021, Serial No. 04574

Compassion, confusion, Suffering
Oct 02 2021

August 28th, 2021, Serial No. 04573

Suffering, Pain, Compassion
Aug 28 2021

August 18th, 2021, Serial No. 04572

Compassion, Generosity, Practice
Aug 18 2021

August 11th, 2021, Serial No. 04571

Compassion, Suffering, Generosity
Aug 11 2021

August 4th, 2021, Serial No. 04570

Suffering, Pain, Compassion
Aug 04 2021

July 21st, 2021, Serial No. 04567

Compassion, Suffering, Happiness
Jul 21 2021

July 13th, 2021, Serial No. 04566

Compassion, Suffering, Enemies
Jul 13 2021

July 10th, 2021, Serial No. 04564

Compassion, Pain, Emotions
Jul 10 2021

July 10th, 2021, Serial No. 04565

Compassion, Buddha, Practice
Jul 10 2021

July 6th, 2021, Serial No. 04563

Compassion, Pain, Practice
Jul 06 2021

May 2nd, 2020, Serial No. 04525

Buddha, Compassion, Precepts
May 02 2020

Caring for Everything as Awakening

A virtual Dharma talk by Tenshin Roshi for an online gathering of the No Abode Community via Zoom.

Zoom, Coronavirus, Buddha, Precepts, Compassion
May 02 2020
Zoom

March 2nd, 2020, Serial No. 04520

Suffering, Discrimination, Compassion
Mar 02 2020

January 19th, 2020, Serial No. 04499

Delusion, Practice, Compassion
Jan 19 2020

Beyond Awakening: Embracing Endless Practice

Karmic Consciousness, Compassion, Delusion
Jan 2020

October 27th, 2019, Serial No. 04495

Compassion, Impermanence, Practice
Oct 27 2019

July 13th, 2019, Serial No. 04489

Compassion, Practice, Suffering
Jul 13 2019

July 13th, 2019, Serial No. 04490

Compassion, Buddha, Consciousness
Jul 13 2019

March 11th, 2019, Serial No. 04472

Enlightenment, Compassion, Intimacy
Mar 11 2019

What Is Most Important For You In This Life

We are all creating the space together for people to have profound experience in zazen. Kind and unkind thoughts are opportunities to express the Buddha mind. Compassion towards wholesome and...

Compassion, Buddha Mind, Mill Valley, Gratitude, Repentance, Enemies, Nirvana,...
Feb 02 2019
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No Abode Hermitage

The Hands And Eyes Of Avalokiteshvara

Compassion is the teaching of the Buddha. Stories of the different statues and scrolls at No Abode. Yunmen and Daowu, the thousand arms of Avalokiteshvara.

Compassion, Avalokiteshvara, Transmission, Silence, Avalokiteshvara, Perfect Wisdom,...
Nov 10 2018
AM
No Abode Hermitage

October 22nd, 2018, Serial No. 04447

Compassion, Ego, Practice
Oct 22 2018

October 21st, 2018, Serial No. 04446

Compassion, Practice, Practice Period
Oct 21 2018

Silent Sitting and Social Action

All compounded phenomena are unworthy of confidence. Compassion to these unstable phenomena is our practice. Zen stories are about enacting awakening within social interactions. Attend to your body,...

Compassion, Four Foundations, Practice Period, Practice Period, Mindfulness, Observe...
Oct 20 2018
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No Abode Hermitage

Silent Sitting and Social Action

Sitting in the world, we can't perceive the whole world; we sit in our dharma position, which changes all the time. Impermanence is Buddhism - this place is no abode..

Dharma Position, Impermanence, Compassion, Impermanence, Original Nature, Hate...
Oct 20 2018
AM
No Abode Hermitage

Compassion is a Conversation

A conversation is what we are doing together. Buddhas are sitting upright and still, in the midst of everything, having a conversation with silence. The story of his Nanchuan and his sickle. Meeting...

Compassion, Global Warming, Koan, Global Warming, Stillness, Ceremony
Sep 15 2018
AM
No Abode Hermitage

The Womb of the Tathagata #4

Being supported in compassion; Uncle Mi and the rabbit;

Compassion, Buddha Nature, Perfect Wisdom, Attachment
Jul 14 2018
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No Abode Hermitage

The Womb of the Tathagata #4

Opportunities for compassion - with friends and enemies; the story of the destitute son from the Lotus Sutra

Compassion, Enemies, Buddha Nature, Lotus Sutra
Jul 14 2018
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No Abode Hermitage

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