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Originally Posted by Imzadi
Well said! “Compassion as cruel” is profound and can be easily misunderstood. Can you give us some examples to help illustrate? :)
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The comparison chart are not my words but are taken from various Buddhist Teachers including HHDL.
Compassion can be seen as being cruel to some, the quote ' You have to be cruel to be kind ' touches on this even though compassion is more than kindness. Compassion is more about what others need rather than what they want, not doing what others want can be seen as cruel/cold, children often use these words when they don't get what they want but are given what they need. I think it's quite difficult to be compassionate all the time but we can but try
