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People tend to overanalyze these things, and in the end it simply becomes a matter of semantics. Whether good things like compassion, altruism, etc. exist is not the issue. Let's say they do exist an… (View Post)
Spiritual people, not just Buddhists, often talk about compassion and how important it is to cultivate the spirit of forgiveness, empathy. But most of the time their compassion is misdirected. Let me… (View Post)
Holy indifference doesn't mean you do nothing. Just that you don't go out of the way to do anything, however noble it may be in the eyes of the world. It is about changing oneself rather than worry e… (View Post)
(Quote) Compassion doesn't ask why. It asks how. The reason isn't important. In fact, even if we conclude that the aggressor deserves no compassion, it is our duty to love and forgive him. it is a co… (View Post)
@lobster is it possible that they, like most of us, tried to overcome dukha and failed? Because I feel nobody would want to cling to their suffering, everybody wants to be free. (View Post)