Hey ED: Have you exhausted already the wikipedia search engine definitions?. Wouldn't be more appealing for a subject developing explaining first your own definition according to yourself insight, and experience based in action?. Just a suggestion. Shooting frequent questions as if you were in a search engine and without giving much out of yourself doesn't seem building up any bond of communication as you don't usually answer much of the questions others do to you. Mayka --- On Mon, 1/11/10, ED <[email protected]> wrote:
From: ED <[email protected]> Subject: [Zen] Re: FW: Quote from St. Thomas Aquinas To: [email protected] Date: Monday, 1 November, 2010, 17:14 Chris, First, What do you understand by compassion? What does Bill understand by compassion? What did/do St. Augustine then or Christians today mean bycompassion? In Buddhism, what is compassion? Does zazen give rise to compassion? Depending on your definition of compassion, how does it benefit humanity? --ED --- In [email protected], ChrisAustinLane <ch...@...> wrote: > > Is it fair to observe you prefer to try to understand Bill's understanding of compassion, than feel compassion? > > Thanks, > Chris Austin-Lane > On Nov 1, 2010, at 6:08, "ED" seacrofter...@... wrote: > > > Bill, > > > > Wherein do you perceive any intelligence or wisdom in St. Augustine's preference? > > > > What does St. Augustine mean by 'compassion'? > > > > What do you understand 'compassion' to be? > > > > --ED > > --- In [email protected], BillSmart@ wrote: > > > > > > I'm forwarding a quote sent to me from another forum. I thought it was > > > pertinent to our current discussions. > > > > > > "I would rather feel compassion than know the meaning of it." > > > > > > ST. THOMAS AQUINAS
