Empathy In Compassion

Empathy in compassion
saves us from ourselves.

Compassion is pity, and creates pride.
Empathy goes far beyond compassion.

Compassion: sympathetic pity and concern for the sufferings or misfortunes of others. Latin compassio(n-), from compati ‘suffer with’.

If we ‘suffer with’, then two people are drowning.

Empathy is the ability to understand the suffering. Empathy knows, while compassion is belief. The most decent human quality is empathy, knowing how difficult it is to change.

Compassion: The theory of the six perfections: generosity, patience, morality, discipline, concentration and transcendent wisdom.

Empathy: The actual practice of the six perfections: generosity, patience, morality, discipline, concentration and transcendent wisdom.

The difference between compassion and empathy: is “Om mani peme hum” chanted as a belief, or is there knowledge of what it means, and is it actually put it into practice?