Comments on: What is “compassion”? https://erolfox.com/what-is-compassion/ Clarity for leaders who know there’s more Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:54:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ulli Limpitlaw https://erolfox.com/what-is-compassion/comment-page-1/#comment-14306 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:54:09 +0000 http://inherentexcellence.com/blog/?p=593#comment-14306 If I can increase my own compassion then I have contributed to an increase of compassion in the world. So I must start right here…with moi.

]]> By: Erol Fox https://erolfox.com/what-is-compassion/comment-page-1/#comment-14209 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 02:29:11 +0000 http://inherentexcellence.com/blog/?p=593#comment-14209 Yes, what an un-useful definition! Using sympathy to describe compassion. That’s like trying to describe blue by talking about yellow. Rather than talking about the negative, Dalai Lama is talking about the positive: right to be happy.

May more people learn true compassion!

]]> By: Karen Matthews https://erolfox.com/what-is-compassion/comment-page-1/#comment-14179 Wed, 13 Apr 2011 04:16:44 +0000 http://inherentexcellence.com/blog/?p=593#comment-14179 By definition compassion means a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering. A feeling of distress and pity for the suffering or misfortune of another, often including the desire to alleviate it. In these ‘textbook’definitions, I am not sure I see much as far as ‘taking action’ to alleviate the problems in the world today. I much prefer the definition of the Dalai Lama, “Others, just as I do, have the right to be happy and overcome suffering”. This implies a right of all of the people of the world. “The true state of love, of happiness, is this deep compassion.” I believe that we are evolving to want to create a space of love and happiness for all and that although it may take some time to get there, it is a journey worth taking.

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