The Tao which can be named is not the Dao. I walk by a plastic bag, and pick it up with my free hand.
I get woken up by my spouses absurdly early alarm and tense up with irritation and then let that irritation flow and relax back into an extra hour of sleep. Thanks, Chris Austin-Lane Sent from a cell phone On Nov 1, 2010, at 14:09, "ED" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Definitions of compassion on the Web: > > a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering > the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do > something about it > wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn > > > Compassion is a human emotion prompted by the pain of others. More vigorous > than empathy, the feeling commonly gives rise to an active desire to > alleviate another's suffering. It is often, though not inevitably, the key > component in what manifests in the social context as altruism. ... > en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compassion > > > compassionate - feel for: share the suffering of > compassionate - showing or having compassion; "heard the soft and > compassionate voices of women" > wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn > is the desire to identify with or sense something of another's experience; a > precursor of caring. [30] > www.wcpt.org/node/29562 > o Understanding without judgment. > timolehtinen.com/articles/psyche-glossary/ > > > > Chris, > > Which 'compassion' are you, Bill and St. Augustine referring to? > > --ED > > > > --- In [email protected], ChrisAustinLane <ch...@...> wrote: > > > You ask questions but do not answer. > > Compassion is not something to understand. Bill shows us compassion in his > emailing. > > Compassion does not have a beginning nor an end. Compassion is not a thing to > understand, compassion is what is left when we act without adding ourselves > into > the act. > > I hope that response to your questions is useful. > > Thanks, > Chris Austin-Lane > Sent from a cell phone > > On Nov 1, 2010, at 10:14, "ED" <seacrofter...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > Chris, > > > > First, > > > > What do you understand by compassion? What does Bill understand by > > compassion? > > > > What did/do St. Augustine then or Christians today mean bycomp assion? > > > > 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 > > > >
