Interesting, although I think your definition of compassion is flat out wrong. Makes me question your conclusions.https://twitter.com/meaningness/status/647802917026557953 …
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@Meaningness : You say "Compassion is the subjective feeling of another’s pain." That's a definition of empathy w/r/t to pain.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness : Compassion is the quivering heart's response to suffering.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@VincentHorn Not sure I’m seeing a difference yet… what’s the response? Maybe I need to say: desire to alleviate other’s pain?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness : The response can be a feeling, it can be an action--it isn't limited and it isn't necessarily passive.#myexperience1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@VincentHorn I’m not disagreeing, but I don’t know of a (non-tantric) source for this idea. Can you point at something?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness : I probably missed the over-arching context of the post. :)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@VincentHorn Should become clearer are the series develops, I hope!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@VincentHorn Point there is just that compassion doesn’t give reliable guidance about what to do. So it’s inadequate as a basis for ethics.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness : Yeah, if people are just trying to faithfully interpret the Pali Canon as a basis for their Buddhism I would agree.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@VincentHorn That, but also (I will argue much later in the series) the modern mainstream is missing important pieces too.
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