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Confucius said Reciprocity what would be Buddha's one word?

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  • DhammaDhatuDhammaDhatu Veteran
    edited August 2011
    katannu-kataveti

    kata = what has been done (for you)

    annu = knowing

    veti = feeling

    katannu-kataveti = gratitude

    :)

  • federicafederica Seeker of the clear blue sky... Its better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt Moderator
    "Simplify".
  • thickpaperthickpaper Veteran
    Although Dharma does have Reciprocity , the golden rule, it actually takes if farther than that. Metta is about treating others with more goodness than we would expect to be treated.

    Reciprocity is a moral principle.

    Metta is a spiritual/arrisen principle.

  • DhammaDhatuDhammaDhatu Veteran
    edited August 2011
    Empathy
    129. All tremble at violence; all fear death. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.

    130. All tremble at violence; life is dear to all. Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill.

    Dhammapada
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    Veludvareyya Sutta
  • TalismanTalisman Veteran
    Love
  • DhammaDhatuDhammaDhatu Veteran
    Conscience-and-concern (hiri-ottappa)
  • seeker242seeker242 Zen Florida, USA Veteran
    "Mu" :)
  • TalismanTalisman Veteran
    edited August 2011
    I wish I could speak pali, its conjuctive adjectives are so much better than english!
  • Kwantum_KevKwantum_Kev
    edited August 2011
    Compassion.

    Without a doubt, if the Buddha had one word, I believe it would be compassion.

    From http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/compassion ---

    Compassion : a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.

    ---

    I think that pretty much sums up the essence of the Dhamma - suffering, and the path to alleviating it.


    Kwan Kev
  • cosmicyogisattvacosmicyogisattva
    knowing
  • nobodhinobodhi
    .;.


    BREATHE


    .:.


    .
  • MountainsMountains Veteran
    "More dal please." (Okay, three words)
  • taiyakitaiyaki Veteran
    Śūnyatā
  • IronRabbitIronRabbit Veteran
    Doubt
  • auraaura Veteran
    edited September 2011
    beyond reciprocity, beyond sunyata...

    metta!
  • YoungBuddhistYoungBuddhist
    edited September 2011
    Maybe compassion? Who knows.
  • riverflowriverflow Veteran
    Just smiling and holding a flower. No words.
  • swaydamswaydam Veteran
    Awaken!
  • swaydamswaydam Veteran
    I have this weird feeling like I shouldn't have said that word... like I interrupted the cosmic order of things by saying it. But I can't delete it.
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