@Meaningness : You say "Compassion is the subjective feeling of another’s pain." That's a definition of empathy w/r/t to pain.
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Replying to @VincentHorn
@Meaningness : Compassion is the quivering heart's response to suffering.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @VincentHorn
@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 -
Replying to @VincentHorn
@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 -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness : I probably missed the over-arching context of the post. :)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @VincentHorn
@VincentHorn Should become clearer are the series develops, I hope!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Meaningness
@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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@VincentHorn That’s not to say it’s not incredibly important—it is! But it’s only part of the story, and Buddhism lacks the rest.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Meaningness : You've seen that Batchelor's new book, After Buddhism, is an attempt to secularize Buddhist ethics yeah?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@VincentHorn No, I didn’t know about After Buddhism! Will be interested to learn more about what he advocates.
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