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… the eighth factor of the eightfold path. The divine abidings — loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, equanimity — stand in the manual as chapter IX within concentration, …

… will.’ Take another mendicant who says: ‘I’ve developed the heart’s release by compassion. I’ve cultivated it, made it my vehicle and my basis, kept it up, …

… will.’ Take another mendicant who says: ‘I’ve developed the heart’s release by compassion. I’ve cultivated it, made it my vehicle and my basis, kept it up, …

… their mind does not leap forth … But when they focus on compassion, their mind leaps forth … Their mind is in a good state … …

… of enmity and ill will. They meditate spreading a heart full of compassion … rejoicing … equanimity to one direction, and to the second, and to …

… their mind does not leap forth … But when they focus on compassion, their mind leaps forth … Their mind is in a good state … …

… flowers we honour the mainfold purity of the Master; with incense, his compassion; with the light of these lamps, his perfect enlightenment. By our joint worship …

… foundation; life itself becomes the real field of practice, on which wisdom, compassion, inner stability and wholesome action prove themselves. Thus the Noble Eightfold Path is …

… path to liberation A short structural sketch of the path to liberation (compassion and wisdom). Systemic balance, the collapse of duality, non-dual integration BLUF The path …

… Cetanā, saṅkhāra and the transition avijjā → saṅkhāra Deepened and corrected version Karunahaus · June 2026 Sources from the Pāli canon, the commentaries and the secondary …

… How will forms matter — a deepening of the study on cittaja-rūpa Karunahaus · June 2026 Sources from the Pāli canon, the commentaries and secondary literature …

… sabbattatāya sabbāvantaṁ lokaṁ mettāsahagatena cetasā vipulena mahaggatena appamāṇena averena abyāpajjena pharitvā viharati. Karuṇāsahagatena cetasā ekaṁ disaṁ pharitvā viharati, tathā dutiyaṁ, tathā tatiyaṁ, tathā catutthaṁ. Iti uddhamadho …

… you have seen, heard, or suspect. Please correct me, venerables, out of compassion. If I see a fault, I will make amends. For the second time, …

… the Sangha for the full ordination. Please lift me up out of compassion. For the second time, venerables, I ask the Sangha for the full ordination. …

… for an aeon,’ then, Venerable Nāgasena, the statement that the Buddha is compassionate, sympathetic, seeking the welfare (of beings), removing harm and bringing benefit to all …

… abhiññeyyaṁ; dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ abhiññeyyaṁ; tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ abhiññeyyaṁ; catutthaṁ jhānaṁ abhiññeyyaṁ. Mettācetovimutti abhiññeyyā; karuṇācetovimutti abhiññeyyā; muditācetovimutti abhiññeyyā; upekkhācetovimutti abhiññeyyā. Ākāsānañcāyatanasamāpatti abhiññeyyā; viññāṇañcāyatanasamāpatti abhiññeyyā; ākiñcaññāyatanasamāpatti abhiññeyyā; nevasaññānāsaññāyatanasamāpatti abhiññeyyā. …

… the four months of the rainy season and practices the absorption on compassion sees the Divinity and discusses with him.’ Why don’t I do that?” So …

… he make a hut entirely of clay? Doesn’t he have any consideration, compassion, and mercy for living beings? Go, monks, and demolish this hut, so that …

Karuṇākathā Aṭṭhārasamavagga Karuṇākathā Natthi buddhassa bhagavato karuṇāti? Āmantā. Natthi buddhassa bhagavato mettāti? Na hevaṁ …

… free of enmity and ill will. Meditate spreading a heart full of compassion to one direction, and to the second, and to the third, and to …

… with the eye of a Buddha, he surveyed the world out of compassion for sentient beings. He saw beings with little dust in their eyes and …

… sabbattatāya sabbāvantaṁ lokaṁ mettāsahagatena cetasā vipulena mahaggatena appamāṇena averena abyāpajjena pharitvā viharati. Karuṇāsahagatena …pe… muditāsahagatena …pe… upekkhāsahagatena cetasā ekaṁ disaṁ pharitvā viharati, tathā dutiyaṁ, tathā tatiyaṁ …

… of enmity and ill will. They meditate spreading a heart full of compassion … rejoicing … equanimity to one direction, and to the second, and to …

… their mind does not leap forth … But when they focus on compassion, their mind leaps forth … Their mind is in a good state … …

… upset. Rather, they give only out of sympathy.” “In that case, isn’t compassion a sixth ground for making merit?” “In that case, compassion is a sixth …

Compassion Compassion “Mendicants, when compassion is developed and cultivated it’s very fruitful and beneficial. …

… dhotaka kañci loke; Dhammañca seṭṭhaṁ abhijānamāno, Evaṁ tuvaṁ oghamimaṁ taresī”ti. <b>Anusāsa brahme karuṇāyamāno,</b> <b>Vivekadhammaṁ yamahaṁ vijaññaṁ;</b> <b>Yathāhaṁ ākāsova abyāpajjamāno</b>, <b>Idheva santo asito careyyaṁ. </b> <b>Anusāsa brahme …

… cubits in width. Please accept, dear sir, this precious blanket out of compassion.” The Venerable Nāgasena accepted that precious blanket out of compassion. Then the wealthy …

… of enmity and ill will. They meditate spreading a heart full of compassion … They meditate spreading a heart full of rejoicing … They meditate spreading …

… of enmity and ill will. They meditate spreading a heart full of compassion to one direction, and to the second, and to the third, and to …

… of enmity and ill will. They meditate spreading a heart full of compassion … They meditate spreading a heart full of rejoicing … They meditate spreading …

… free of enmity and ill will. Meditate spreading a heart full of compassion … Meditate spreading a heart full of rejoicing … Meditate spreading a heart …

… meditate on love any ill will will be given up. Meditate on compassion. For when you meditate on compassion any cruelty will be given up. Meditate …

… of enmity and ill will. He meditated spreading a heart full of compassion … rejoicing … equanimity to one direction, and to the second, and to …

… or the heart’s release by love … or the heart’s release by compassion … or the heart’s release by rejoicing … or the heart’s release by …

… of enmity and ill will. I meditate spreading a heart full of compassion to one direction, and to the second, and to the third, and to …

… of enmity and ill will. They meditate spreading a heart full of compassion to one direction, and to the second, and to the third, and to …

… will.’ Take another mendicant who says: ‘I’ve developed the heart’s release by compassion. I’ve cultivated it, made it my vehicle and my basis, kept it up, …

… six famous teachers, harmless ones of the past, were free of putrefaction, compassionate, gone beyond the fetter of sensuality. Detached from sensual desire, they were reborn …

… khemādikānampi, etadeva vitakkitaṁ. Bhūmicālo tadā āsi, nāditā devadundubhī; Upassayādhivatthāyo, devatā sokapīḷitā. Vilapantā sukaruṇaṁ, tatthassūni pavattayuṁ; Mittā bhikkhuniyo tāhi, upagantvāna gotamiṁ. Nipacca sirasā pāde, idaṁ vacanamabravuṁ; Tattha …

… bhāvito bahulīkato sabbūpadhipaṭinissaggaṁ paripūreti. Indriyasaṁvaro bhāvito bahulīkato mettaṁ paripūreti, tapo bhāvito bahulīkato karuṇaṁ paripūreti, buddhi bhāvitā bahulīkatā muditaṁ paripūreti, sabbūpadhipaṭinissaggo bhāvito bahulīkato upekkhaṁ paripūreti. Tattha imā …

… sinehanīyaṁ sinehayati, mudukaṁ karoti; evameva kho, mahārāja, pharusāpi tathāgatassa vācā atthavatī hoti karuṇāsahagatā. Yathā, mahārāja, pituvacanaṁ puttānaṁ atthavantaṁ hoti karuṇāsahagataṁ; evameva kho, mahārāja, pharusāpi tathāgatassa vācā …

… revered and honored, They return the favor to you. And they have compassion for you, As a mother for her own child. The person the gods …

… up the cloth. The Buddha doesn’t step on cloth coverings. He has compassion for later generations.” The prince then had the cloth folded up and had …

… a faction and then a schism in the Sangha; and out of compassion for families. Anyone eating in a group is to be dealt with according …

… himself before accusing another?” “He should attend to five qualities in himself: compassion, being of benefit, sympathy, the idea of clearing offenses, and the idea of …

… himself before accusing another?” “He should attend to five qualities in himself: compassion, being of benefit, sympathy, the idea of clearing offenses, and the idea of …

… down the training rules for his disciples for two reasons: out of compassion for householders and for breaking up the factions of those with bad desires. …

… vitakko saṅkappo appanā byappanā cetaso abhiniropanā sammāsaṅkappo— ayaṁ vuccati “avihiṁsādhātu”. Yā sattesu karuṇā karuṇāyanā karuṇāyitattaṁ karuṇācetovimutti— ayaṁ vuccati “avihiṁsādhātu”. Imā cha dhātuyo. Iti imāni tīṇi chakkāni …

… company with Divinity. Furthermore, a mendicant meditates spreading a heart full of compassion … They meditate spreading a heart full of rejoicing … They meditate spreading …

… surveyed the world with the eye of a Buddha, out of his compassion for sentient beings. And he saw sentient beings with little dust in their …

… of enmity and ill will. He meditated spreading a heart full of compassion … He meditated spreading a heart full of rejoicing … He meditated spreading …

… Soma together with Yasa. A host of the gods of love and compassion came, so glorious. These ten hosts of gods shone in all different colors. …

… of enmity and ill will. They meditate spreading a heart full of compassion … rejoicing … equanimity to one direction, and to the second, and to …

… surveyed the world with the eye of a Buddha, because of my compassion for sentient beings. And I saw sentient beings with little dust in their …

… of enmity and ill will. They meditate spreading a heart full of compassion … They meditate spreading a heart full of rejoicing … They meditate spreading …

… to cessation.’ … Furthermore, a mendicant meditates spreading a heart full of compassion … rejoicing … equanimity … Furthermore, householder, a mendicant, going totally beyond perceptions …

… by a town or village. They meditate spreading a heart full of compassion … They meditate spreading a heart full of rejoicing … They meditate spreading …

… surveyed the world with the eye of a Buddha, because of my compassion for sentient beings. And I saw sentient beings with little dust in their …

… asked him for the going forth right away. Then the Buddha, the compassionate great seer, the teacher of the world with its gods, said to him, …

… company with Divinity. Furthermore, a mendicant meditates spreading a heart full of compassion … They meditate spreading a heart full of rejoicing … They meditate spreading …

… are mendicants who are committed to developing the meditation on love … compassion … rejoicing … equanimity … ugliness … impermanence. There are such mendicants in …

… of enmity and ill will. They meditate spreading a heart full of compassion … They meditate spreading a heart full of rejoicing … They meditate spreading …

… for refuge to the Realized One, the perfected one. The Buddhas have compassion for the world— so Rāhu, release the Moon!” Then Rāhu, having released the …

… for refuge to the Realized One, the perfected one. The Buddhas have compassion for the world— so Rāhu, release the Sun! He is a beacon in …

… caught up in favoring and opposing.” “The Buddha instructs others out of compassion for their welfare. The Realized One is liberated from favoring and opposing.” Then …

… surveyed the world with the eye of a Buddha, out of his compassion for sentient beings. And the Buddha saw sentient beings with little dust in …

… burning desire for pleasure; My mind is on fire! Please, out of compassion, Gotama, tell me how to quench the flames.” “Your mind is on fire …

… sympathy. If you instruct others with a mind clear and confident, your compassion and empathy don’t create attachments.”

… teach others because of the clear rightness of the teaching, out of compassion, kindness, and sympathy. Such a mendicant’s teaching is pure. Kassapa teaches Dhamma to …

… of enmity and ill will. They meditate spreading a heart full of compassion … They meditate spreading a heart full of rejoicing … They meditate spreading …

… will, unconfused, aware, and mindful. They meditate spreading a heart full of compassion … They meditate spreading a heart full of rejoicing … They meditate spreading …

… will, unconfused, aware, and mindful. They meditate spreading a heart full of compassion … rejoicing … equanimity to one direction, and to the second, and to …

… what the divinity Sahampati said. Then he went on to say: “The compassionate one, <j>who sees the ending of rebirth, understands the path to convergence. By …

… what the divinity Sahampati said. Then he went on to say: “The compassionate one, <j>who sees the ending of rebirth, understands the path to convergence. By …

… aware, and mindful. They meditate spreading a heart full of love … compassion … rejoicing … equanimity to one direction, and to the second, and to …

… place of rebirth. Furthermore, an individual meditates spreading a heart full of compassion … They’re reborn in the company of the gods of streaming radiance. The …

… of ordinary people. Furthermore, an individual meditates spreading a heart full of compassion … rejoicing … equanimity to one direction, and to the second, and to …

… and ill will. Furthermore, a mendicant meditates spreading a heart full of compassion … rejoicing … equanimity to one direction, and to the second, and to …

… how to get rid of resentment for that individual. You should develop compassion for an individual you resent. … You should develop equanimity for an individual …