Hi, Ed,
I'll take a whack at it.
Compassion is the Behavior of a Buddha.
And compassion and wisdom are also the Mind of a Sentient Being.
But one must not take anyone's "word" for these things.
I'd say, however, that the less insistence in the definition upon there being
self and other, the more true compassion there is. Buddhist compassion is not
an act of will or intention, from one, to another. It is entirely mysterious,
and is a natural response -- a spontaneous response, mind you! -- to
conditions. Marvelous!
I don't have this from any reading I have done; others may have expressed it
differently in print, and I cannot vouch for them, nor recommend them.
--Joe
> "ED" <seacrofter001@...> wrote:
> What would a typical Buddhist or zen definition of compassion be?
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