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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September 1st, 1977, Serial No. 00101 Compassion, Fox, causation, lecture, Anger, Teacher-and-Student, Buddha Nature,... |
Sep 01 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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August 28th, 1977, Serial No. 00096 Compassion, Hate, Politics, Community, Attachment, Suffering, Consciousness, Pain,... |
Aug 28 1977 |
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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 29th, 1976, Serial No. 00084 Silence, Buddha Nature, Hate, Beginners, Anger, Describe, Fox, Balance, Emotions,... |
Aug 29 1976 |
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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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August 26th, 1975, Serial No. 00102 Precepts, Compassion, Oneness, Silence |
Aug 26 1975 |
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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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December 6th, 1972, Serial No. 00358 Birth-and-Death, Patience, Obstacles, Conversation, Beginners, Suffering, Breath,... |
Dec 06 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 1st, 1972, Serial No. 00352 Birth-and-Death, Nirvana, Obstacles, Patience, difficulty, Attachment, Compassion,... |
Dec 01 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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February 1972 talk, Serial No. 00181, Side A Compassion, Demons, lecture |
Feb 1972 |
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February 1972 talk, Serial No. 00182 Building, Tassajara, confusion, difficulty, Community, training, Compassion,... |
Feb 1972 |
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January 26th, 1972, Serial No. 00190 Compassion, training, realization, Rinzai, Samadhi, American |
Jan 26 1972 |
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December 4th, 1971, Serial No. 00288 Big Mind, Patience, Buddha Mind, Buddha Nature, Funeral, Compassion, Suffering... |
Dec 04 1971 |
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October 22nd, 1971, Serial No. 00277 Community, Compassion, Funeral, Describe, Emotions, Ceremony, training, Pain,... |
Oct 22 1971 |
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April 27th, 1971, Serial No. 00331 Breath, Compassion, Observe, Posture, Buddha Nature, Consciousness, Precepts, Silence... |
Apr 27 1971 |
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April 25th, 1971, Serial No. 00330 Breath, Perfect Wisdom, Describe, Building, Instruction, Tassajara, Lay, Ceremony,... |
Apr 25 1971 |
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April 11th, 1971, Serial No. 00328 Ceremony, lecture, Teacher-and-Student, Chanting, Transmission, training, American,... |
Apr 11 1971 |
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December 15th, 1970, Serial No. 00209 Compassion, Describe, Delusion, realization, Pain |
Dec 15 1970 |
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December 13th, 1970, Serial No. 00212 Attachment, Compassion, Hate, difficulty, Suffering, American, Building, Happiness,... |
Dec 13 1970 |
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December 12th, 1970, Serial No. 00213 Vows, Bell, difficulty, Lay, Delusion, Compassion, Evil, Hate, lecture |
Dec 12 1970 |
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September 27th, 1970, Serial No. 00174 Birth-and-Death, Vows, Silence, Fasting, Anger, Lay, Community, Delusion, Religion,... |
Sep 27 1970 |
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July 5th, 1970, Serial No. 00196 Discrimination, Compassion, Meditation, Pain, Delusion |
Jul 05 1970 |
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Buddha Is Always HereSerial: SR-00051 Sandokai Lecture III [The following lines of the Sandokai are discussed in this lecture: Line 5 Reigen myoni kokettari... Branching Streams, Sandokai, Emptiness, Buddha Nature, Suffering, Truth, Compassion,... |
Jun 01 1970 Tassajara |
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April 11th, 1970, Serial No. 00225 Hate, lecture, Building, Happiness, Compassion |
Apr 11 1970 |
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April 5th, 1970, Serial No. 00202 Meditation, Fox, Compassion |
Apr 05 1970 |
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April 5th, 1970, Serial No. 00203 Compassion, Meditation |
Apr 05 1970 |
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Each One Of Us Is A CookSerial: SR-00258 Afternoon Sesshin Tea Lecture Sesshin, Emptiness, Forms, Compassion, Pain |
Feb 01 1970 B |
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February 1970 talk, Serial No. 00207 Pain, Suffering, Describe, Compassion, Hate, Transmission, Ceremony, Meditation... |
Feb 1970 |
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Eulogy For Trudy Dixon Given During Her Funeral CeremonySerial: SR-00028 Words from the funeral eulogy for Trudy Dixon. Magnanimous mind Tassajara, Dogen, Buddha Mind, Buddha Mind, Passions, Compassion |
Jul 11 1969 Sokoji |
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July 3rd, 1969, Serial No. 00021 Silence, Monastic Practice, Delusion, Birth-and-Death, Community, Obstacles, Balance... |
Jul 03 1969 |
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Jumping Off the 100-Foot PoleSerial: SR-00016 Sunday Lecture Buddha Nature, Evil, Priest, Big Mind, Compassion, Continuous, reality |
Apr 20 1969 |
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April 19th, 1969, Serial No. 00013 Silence, Big Mind, Suffering, Meditation, Birth-and-Death, Fox, Patience, Vows,... |
Apr 19 1969 |
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Shosan CeremonyShosan, First Principle, Emptiness, Compassion, Lotus Sutra, Patience, sitting,... |
Nov 11 1968 Tassajara |