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Hi Superfaz29, More on compassion: The simplest acts of kindness are by far more powerful then a thousand heads bowing in prayer. Mahatma Gandhi “No one has ever become poor by giving.” Anne Frank “For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.” Neil deGrasse Tyson “Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive.” Dalai Lama XIV, The Art of Happiness “There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.” John Holmes “Our task must be to free ourselves... by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and it's beauty.” Albert Einstein Clearer now? Compassion: A Religion for All? Yes/no? - LimA

Hi Superfaz29, Thank you for the response. Appreciate. What regards? Compassion: A Religion for All? Yes/no? Thanks again. -LimA

Good morning Superfaz29, I like your introduction especially the above line, and in particular - "to achieve". Thank you for your 'Superfaz29 thanks this'. Is it possible for me to engage thoughts on compassion before I go any further. Without any responses from anyone, it is difficult for me to figure out if I am on the right track. A good weekend. - LimA

Compassion: A Religion for All Essay by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. This teaching is an excerpt from Healing Anger, a teaching by His Holiness based on "A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life. " Compassion can be roughly defined in terms of a state of mind that is non-violent and non-harming, or non- aggressive. Because of this there is a danger of confusing compassion with attachment and intimacy. So we find that there are two types of love or compassion. On the one hand is compassion or love which is based on attachment or which is tinged with attachment. That type of love or compassion and feeling of intimacy is quite partial and biased, and it is based very much on the consideration that the object of one's affection or attachment is someone who is dear or close to one. On the other hand, genuine compassion is free from such attachment. There the motivation is not so much that this person is my friend, is dear to me or related to me. Rather, genuine compassion is based on the rationale that just as I do, others also have this innate desire to be happy and overcome suffering; just as I do, they have the natural right to fulfil this fundamental aspiration. Based on that recognition of this fundamental equality and commonality, one develops a sense of affinity and closeness, and based on that, one will generate love and compassion. That is genuine compassion. It is also very clear that one's level of intelligence or wisdom is a complementary factor that will determine the intensity and the depth of one's compassion. In Buddhism, there are discussions of three principal types of compassion. One is a compassion that is not complemented by any wisdom factors. A second level of compassion is complemented by insight into the transient nature of sentient beings, their impermanent nature. At the third level of compassion, called non-objectified compassion, the complementary factor is wisdom or insight into the ultimate nature of reality. At this level one sees the empty nature of sentient beings, and that insight reinforces one's compassionate attitude towards sentient beings. Even though this type of genuine compassion and infinite altruism is something that needs to be consciously cultivated and developed, we all possess the basis or potential for such enhancement and such development." - LimA World religions too often seem predicated on prejudice, when their true roots lie in compassion

Hi Superfaz29, But of course. He ignited your compassion in the first instance But you used compassion as a good compassion to fly out? - LimA

Hi Superfaz29, Is this flow acceptable? Train => Meditate => Rediscover => 'Once were' => 'Actually become'. Through compassion? - LimA

Hi Superfaz29, You by this? A passion for compassion? - LimA

Hi Mike, “We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!” - Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy) - LimA

Hi Lost in Translation, Send in the clown ... - LimA

Hi Lost in Translation, What is it? So that is it? - LimA

Hi Lost in Translation, What is silence? - LimA

Hi Spotless, - LimA

Hi Spotless, - LimA

Good morning Dada, Thank you. I went online re Tao Te Ching (TTC) and the translation possibilities are quite mind blogging. I like your preference that "Robert G Henricks' translation ... is a literary work with no significant personal biases as far as I can tell". This is important. I am mindful re 'lost in translation'. But I will be none the wiser as I failed my Mandarin in school. So I will try an embrace TTC as a journey with an open mind. I have decided that I will embrace TTC seriously and in earnest. I think this decision can change me forever. Why? Since the beginning of this year I have started some Buddhist chanting and at the start I cried a lot despite my not knowing a word. Why? I really don't know. At the moment I am inclined to think along the lines of innocence ... - LimA

Hi Dada, Just in case we have people reading this thread who are wired improperly, please note - Taoist innocence. - LimA

Hi Dada, All my life thus far I have yet to - (i) touch anything on Tao Te Ching (TTC) or (ii) be touched by TTC. Deem thus I am considered a virgin on the TTC block. Soon I will loose my Taoist innocence to TTC. Please advise which English translation of TTC is best suited (as a suitor) to deflower my innocence into Taoistic full blooms? I am more than 18 years old. - LimA

Hi Seatle185, I thank you too for jolting my recall. - LimA

Hi Seatle185, I don't disagree with you; I largely agree with you. To me there is ONE Spiritual Divine but many paths to embrace Her/Him. Even within one faith, there are myriad paths. Why? No two persons the same. Each path - a road less traveled. THE FUTURE OF RELIGIONS Good night. - LimA

Hi Dada, I am really touched. Thank you. This pertains to the BROTHERHOOD I am trying to put across at TDB. I am now up for my cookie fix; like to have one? It's chocolate. - LimA

Hi Dada, Thanks alot. Appreciate the fast turnaround. Guess where you are it is turn, turn, turn ... Above tune - pretty Taoistic. Many ying/yang. - LimA

Selamat pagi firstandlast, After an era of everything being super-sized, who would have thought that major companies would be racing to market smaller, lower-calorie versions of their snacks and beverages - from half-sized candy bars to little, mini soda cans? We see it everywhere we go. Michelle Obama - LimA

Hi Dada, I understand there is a Tao Te Ching translation done for TDB. It is titled Flowing Hands. Please advise how I can have access to it. Thank you. Hi Zephyr, Life itself is a question without an answer. Keep asking. Selamat datang. - LimA

Good morning Dada, They were meditating. "But they always fall over when sleep sets in" - like what you are doing now? - LimA

Hi cold, Let's leave firstandlast for another day. It is time for me to sleep and I like to do so peacefully thus ... Good night. - LimA

Hi cold, Kar3n had said this of firstandlast - "He's a first time member of the bums. I think. " She is a fine lady. I believe her. So you knew firstandlast from previous lives? - LimA