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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June 4th, 1972, Serial No. 00471 Shikantaza, Buddha Nature, Breath, Karma, Compassion |
Jun 04 1972 |
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November 12th, 1972, Serial No. 00350 Attachment, Fasting, Consciousness, Bodhidharma, Funeral, Chanting, Posture, Breath,... |
Nov 12 1972 |
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December 1st, 1972, Serial No. 00352 Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Obstacles, Patience, difficulty, Attachment, Compassion,... |
Dec 01 1972 |
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December 5th, 1972, Serial No. 00360 Birth-and-Death, Hate, Obstacles, Compassion, Repentance, Karma |
Dec 05 1972 |
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December 6th, 1972, Serial No. 00358 Birth-and-Death, Patience, Obstacles, Conversation, Beginners, Suffering, Breath,... |
Dec 06 1972 |
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December 7th, 1972, Serial No. 00359 Birth-and-Death, Hate, Nirvana, Anger, Evil, Obstacles, Precepts, Happiness,... |
Dec 07 1972 |
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August 7th, 1973, Serial No. 00137 Anger, Emotions, Compassion, Instruction, Bodhisattva Vow |
Aug 07 1973 |
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September 7th, 1973, Serial No. 00145 Samadhi, Big Mind, Religion, Precepts, Compassion |
Sep 07 1973 |
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October 22nd, 1973, Serial No. 00222 Evil, Concentration, Compassion, Paramitas, Love |
Oct 22 1973 |
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February 24th, 1974, Serial No. 00265 Bell, Heart Sutra, Hindrances, Perfect Wisdom, Compassion |
Feb 24 1974 |
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March 1975 talk, Serial No. 01130Serial: NC-01130 Retreat Conference by Abbot Edward McCorkle, OCSO, of Holy Cross Abbey in Berryville, Virginia. Prior Bruno Barnhart makes comments. OCSO, Abbot, Compassion, Patience, Anger, Breath |
Mar 1975 1 of 7 New Camaldoli Hermitage |
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April 3rd, 1975, Serial No. 00273 Compassion, Manjushri, Patience, Passions, Priest |
Apr 03 1975 |
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April 6th, 1975, Serial No. 00277 Vimalakirti, Compassion, Paramitas, Silence, Samadhi |
Apr 06 1975 |
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April 6th, 1975, Serial No. 00308 Vimalakirti, Compassion, Samadhi, Paramitas, Silence |
Apr 06 1975 |
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August 26th, 1975, Serial No. 00102 Precepts, Compassion, Oneness, Silence |
Aug 26 1975 |
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August 28th, 1975, Serial No. 00104 realization, Birth-and-Death, Precepts, Compassion, Enemies, Oneness, Silence,... |
Aug 28 1975 |
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October 27th, 1975, Serial No. 00015 Composure, Concentration, Passions, Compassion, Doubt |
Oct 27 1975 |
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October 27th, 1975, Serial No. 00562 Composure, Concentration, Passions, Compassion, Doubt |
Oct 27 1975 |
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February 19th, 1976, Serial No. 00062 Avalokiteshvara, Joshu, Compassion, Buddha Nature |
Feb 19 1976 |
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February 19th, 1976, Serial No. 00203 Avalokiteshvara, Joshu, Mindfulness, Compassion |
Feb 19 1976 |
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August 29th, 1976, Serial No. 00084 Silence, Buddha Nature, Hate, Beginners, Anger, Describe, Fox, Balance, Emotions,... |
Aug 29 1976 |
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August 24th, 1977, Serial No. 00092 Subject-and-Object, Intuition, Hindrances, Compassion, Continuous, training, Buddha... |
Aug 24 1977 |
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August 28th, 1977, Serial No. 00096 Compassion, Hate, Politics, Community, Attachment, Suffering, Consciousness, Pain,... |
Aug 28 1977 |
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August 30th, 1977, Serial No. 00099 Compassion, Transmission, Politics, Attachment, Don't Know Mind, Buddha Nature,... |
Aug 30 1977 |
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September 1st, 1977, Serial No. 00101 Compassion, Fox, causation, lecture, Anger, Teacher-and-Student, Buddha Nature,... |
Sep 01 1977 |
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March 16th, 1978, Serial No. 00574 Dharmakaya, Fox, Intention, Patience, Compassion |
Mar 16 1978 |
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December 6th, 1978, Serial No. 00631 Avalokiteshvara, Compassion, Sixth Patriarch, Mahayana, Seigen Gyoshi |
Dec 06 1978 |
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February 26th, 1979, Serial No. 00105 Compassion, Eight Awarenesses, Posture, Consciousness, Balance, Evil, Mahayana,... |
Feb 26 1979 |
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February 26th, 1979, Serial No. 00120 Eight Awarenesses, Compassion, Balance, Posture, Consciousness, Nirvana, Evil,... |
Feb 26 1979 |
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March 2nd, 1979, Serial No. 00110 Eight Awarenesses, Suffering, Consciousness, Anger, Describe, Humility, Compassion,... |
Mar 02 1979 |
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March 5th, 1979, Serial No. 00112 Silence, Compassion, Building, Balance, Culture, Breath, Religion, Suffering... |
Mar 05 1979 |
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March 5th, 1979, Serial No. 00128 Silence, Building, Balance, Compassion, Suffering, Enemies, Culture, Breath, Religion... |
Mar 05 1979 |
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March 9th, 1979, Serial No. 00131 Greed, Evil, realization, Commitment, Beginners, Anger, Community, Discrimination,... |
Mar 09 1979 |
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April 2nd, 1979, Serial No. 00603 Big Mind, Truth, Concentration, Compassion, Death |
Apr 02 1979 |
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October 1st, 1979, Serial No. 00609 Compassion, Avalokiteshvara, Faith, Chanting |
Oct 01 1979 |
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December 21st, 1979, Serial No. 00144 Breath, Posture, Compassion, Discrimination, Meditation, causation, American,... |
Dec 21 1979 |
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November 14th, 1980, Serial No. 00858Serial: NC-00858 Monastic Spirituality Set 9 of 12 OSB Cam, Vows, Ego, Compassion, Cultivation, Anger |
Nov 14 1980 |
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February 4th, 1981, Serial No. 00397 Continuous, Impermanence, Compassion, Silence, realization, Building, Bell, Religion... |
Feb 04 1981 |
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February 8th, 1981, Serial No. 00400 Compassion, Concentration, Beginners, Delusion, American, Echo, Nirvana, Pain... |
Feb 08 1981 |
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May 13th, 1981, Serial No. 00877Serial: NC-00877 Monastic Spirituality Set 3 of 12 OSB Cam, Commitment, Vows, Happiness, Liberation, Compassion |
May 13 1981 |
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March 1st, 1982, Serial No. 00146 causation, Impermanence, Consciousness, Compassion, Evil, Politics, Separation,... |
Mar 01 1982 |
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March 8th, 1982, Serial No. 00147 Buddha Nature, Compassion, Suffering, Meditation, Evil, Funeral, Precepts, Silence,... |
Mar 08 1982 |
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March 12th, 1982, Serial No. 00148 Buddha Nature, Buddha Mind, Perfect Wisdom, Nirvana, Liberation, Compassion,... |
Mar 12 1982 |
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March 19th, 1982, Serial No. 00149 training, Transmission, Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, Dharma Transmission, Buddha Mind... |
Mar 19 1982 |
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April 12th, 1982, Serial No. 00153 Repentance, Dragons, Lotus Sutra, Offering, Compassion, Hindrances, Don't Know... |
Apr 12 1982 |
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April 23rd, 1982, Serial No. 00155 Lotus Sutra, Intimacy, Compassion, difficulty, Evil, Discrimination, Offering,... |
Apr 23 1982 |
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May 7th, 1982, Serial No. 00160 Impermanence, Nirvana, Birth-and-Death, difficulty, Buddha Mind, Emotions, Buddha... |
May 07 1982 |
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May 24th, 1982, Serial No. 00161 Liberation, Lotus Sutra, Consciousness, Soto Zen, Community, Compassion, realization... |
May 24 1982 |
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July 28th, 1982, Serial No. 00996Serial: NC-00996 Monastic Spirituality, Set 7 of 12 OSB Cam, Anger, Demons, Fox, Forgiveness, Compassion |
Jul 28 1982 |
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1982.08.16-serial.00104 Freedom, Daily Life, Liberation, Dependent Origination, Continuous, Compassion,... |
Aug 16 1982 |