The point for this thread is that this thinking of, and perhaps acting for
yourself or others is spontenous and not a result of any hope for reward or fear
of punishment
This is so. There should be no expectation or fear as the cause of
compassionate actions, but there is a state of being to
I've heard that Dogen had some statement about compassion to the
effect that compassion is the hand fluffing the pillow for the head.
--Chris
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 7:36 PM, maitreya003 joult...@gmail.com wrote:
I think that Jesus and Buddha advocated the development of compassion toward
Maitreya003,
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[Bill!...from a previous post] The point for
