compassion
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Summary
In these texts, compassion is not one-sided: everything is both for ourselves and for somebody else at the same time, so we should be a bit selfish and a bit selfless. Compassion can also be tough love: leaving someone to find their own words instead of giving them ours.
Part of ↑ action and ethics ↑ self and the world
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To leave someone to find their own words instead of giving them yours is compassionate. Tough love.
Bussho 5: Our Fundamental Nature Winter 2005 — Bussho
The most important text
- Kuge 5: Compassion and Freedom in Action ●●● Winter 2007 — Kugecompassion rarely mentioned in the Shobogenzo · many views of compassion · selfishness and selflessness · skilful means as attentiveness
the different views about what compassion is are immense, aren’t they?
Other texts
- Life Itself Is Intelligent ●●● July 2021 — Skalní farabalance instead of compassion · compassion as a human invention · people starving in Ethiopia
we don't need to try to be compassionate. We just need to be balanced.
- Morality as Balanced Action ●●● February 2009 — Cholíncultivating loving-kindness · missionary sister · selfishness and selflessness
everything is both for ourselves and for somebody else at the same time
- Fueko – Extending Merit to All Beings ●●●merit extended to all beings
May this merit extend to everyone
- Bussho 5: Our Fundamental Nature ●●● Winter 2005 — Busshotough love
To leave someone to find their own words instead of giving them yours is compassionate. Tough love.
- Buddhism Free from ‘Buddhism’ ●●● September 2009 — Earth Spiritsaving the world is saving yourself
not ‘save the world in order to save yourself’ but ‘saving the world is saving yourself’
- Zazen Is Not Meditation ●●● July 2021 — Skalní faraloving ourselves as acceptance
to love ourselves doesn't mean to be kind to ourselves or to think we're great. It means to accept who we are
- Not Making Practice Special ●●● July 2021 — Skalní faraselfishness and selflessness
Well, we never know when we're selfish and when we're selfless. So don't worry about it. Just be honest and practise balance
- Bussho 1: Having Buddha-Nature ●●● Summer 2005 — Busshobeing kind to oneself
Well which “me” is being kind to myself, and if that “me” can be kind to myself, it must be kind already
- Dogen and Modern Life ●●● August 2012 — Dibbavanaaigo, loving words
Aigo in Japanese, and how loving words are the best way to talk to somebody
- Gaku do yo jin shu - Practical Advice on Pursuing the Buddhist Truth ●●●animals caring for their young
Haven’t you ever seen how insects and animals struggle and suffer to bring up their offspring
Keywords
Ideas (9) selfishness and selflessness3 aigo, loving words balance instead of compassion compassion as a human invention loving ourselves as acceptance merit extended to all beings saving the world is saving yourself skilful means as attentiveness tough love
Themes (3) compassion rarely mentioned in the Shobogenzo cultivating loving-kindness many views of compassion
Images and stories (4) animals caring for their young being kind to oneself missionary sister people starving in Ethiopia