"When a man has pity on all living creatures then only is he noble"
- Buddha -
Thank you for your thougts...
2006-09-28 10:41:44 · 8 answers · asked by Shinkirou Hasukage 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Matt D: I think he meant empathy, probably an error in translation...
2006-09-28 10:48:08 · update #1
Okay, pangel and sandy, error in translation, in the Dhammapada it does read compassion, the book I got it in changed it around...
2006-09-28 10:54:08 · update #2
hehe ok mirage im not sure on this one ... now dont fall over and faint
it is the word pity i am not sure about in this
if it was replaced with compassion then yes i could understand that
maybe i am not understanding what is meant by this one xx
yeaahhh !!! cool ... ok im with it now lol
2006-09-28 10:47:36 · answer #1 · answered by Peace 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Having pity on all living creatures is placing oneself in a position above all living creatures.
Believing oneself to be noble because one believes he or she has pity on all living creatures is arrogant, unconfirmable, and self-promoting.
Believing that all living creatures need to be pitied presumes that there is nothing higher than the living creatures that one sees with one's own eyes. Because it is only he or she who does not believe in God's grace and mercy that believes there is any reason to pity at all.
Buddha looked within himself to rise above existence. Buddha did not understand that the way to rise above was to go to that which is above him. In other words, one cannot seek something higher than oneself and find it within oneself, for what is within that which is low is not--cannot be--in any way higher.
If I am looking for that which is noble, for example, and I ain't it, then I am not going to find nobility in myself. If it doesn't exist there, it doesn't exist there.
It is only transformation through God's grace that is higher than anything a human being can achieve on his or her own steam, however intent his or her search.
2006-09-28 17:50:43 · answer #2 · answered by Gestalt 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't need buddha to tell me that compassion is a virtue.I knew it before I ever heard of him. That's what I think ot it.
2006-09-28 17:46:41 · answer #3 · answered by WHITE TRASH ARMENIAN 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's true, if one has true concern for all living things especially our fellow human beings, the world woudn't be in the mess that it has been since the beginning of time.
2006-09-28 17:44:47 · answer #4 · answered by Jehan J 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
pity is a very patronizing emotion to have, i'd have thought empathy was better
2006-09-28 17:45:44 · answer #5 · answered by n2mustaches 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I just don't know about your statement...
2006-09-28 17:44:57 · answer #6 · answered by StarShine G 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
nothing
2006-09-28 17:46:03 · answer #7 · answered by george p 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
so what is new
2006-09-28 17:45:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋