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Originally Posted by Rameses
Shakyamuni Buddha and Compassion.
Shakyamuni Buddha story - if he just existed - shows that he abandoned his own wife and son.
If we admit that the Buddha wasn’t compassionate with his own family
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In Buddhism, compassion is the wish for others to be free from suffering and the causes of suffering.
So The Buddha was 'Compassionate '.
He left ( but did not abandon them ) to pursue His search for 'All' Sentient Beings to be free from suffering, not just His own Family.....
" If a man who enjoys a lesser happiness beholds a greater one, let him leave aside the lesser to gain the greater. "
The Buddha.