One highly popular and respected General Agency program is the “ Week of Compassion ,” named for the special offering to fund the program when it began in the 1950s.

The Week of Compassion is the disaster relief and Third World development agency.

By this time TARDISes have evolved to point where they appear human and reproduce sexually ( the Doctor's companion Compassion is the first such TARDIS ).

* lines 15. 131-158 – Compassion is what separates humans from animals.

Compassion for all life, human and non-human, is central to Jainism.

In fact the widespread worship of Guanyin as a " Goddess of Mercy and Compassion " is seen as the boundless salvific nature of bodhisattva Avalokitesvara at work ( in Buddhism, this is referred to as Guanyin's " skillful means ", or upaya ).

Compassion for all life, human and nonhuman, is central to Buddhism, which was founded by Siddhattha Gotama ; and also Jainism, which was founded by Mahavira 599 – 527 BC.

Compassion, a valuable virtue, can only exist if there is suffering.

The Dalai Lama is regarded as the embodiment of the Bodhisattva of Compassion.

In his paper Hospitality and Pain, Christian theologian Ivan Illich states: " Compassion with Christ ... is faith so strong and so deeply incarnate that it leads to the individual embodiment of the contemplated pain.

According to Master Hsuan Hua, the most popular example of esoteric teachings still practiced in many Zen monasteries of East Asia, is the and its dhāraṇī (), along with the Great Compassion Dharani (), with its 42 Hands and Eyes Mantras.

She is an advocate for a number of charities and animal welfare groups such as Compassion in World Farming and Vegetarians ' International Voice for Animals She has won three BAFTA awards and a British Comedy Award.

Compassion International is a Christian child sponsorship organization dedicated to the long-term development of children living in poverty around the world.

As of February 2010 the cost to sponsor a child through Compassion is $ 38 per month.

Gendun Drup ( 1391 – 1474 ), also known as Gendun Drub and Kundun Drup, is considered retrospectively to be the first of the Dalai Lamas of Tibet, who are believed to be reincarnations of Chenresig ( Sanskrit: Avalokiteshvara ), the Bodhisattva of Compassion.

He is also an avid spokesperson for sponsoring children through Compassion International.

Compassion & Choices is a non-profit organization that supports, advocates, and educates people about health care options that can expand choice at the end of life.

The campaign to achieve the UDAW is being co-ordinated by the World Society for the Protection of Animals, with a core working group including Compassion in World Farming, the RSPCA, and the Humane Society International ( the international branch of HSUS ).

Specializing in disaster relief, Operation Blessing was involved in relief work following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake ( Indonesian tsunami ), OBI is also a national member of the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster ( NVOAD ), Combined Federal Campaign ( CFC ), Christian Service Charities, Christian Service Organizations of America ( CSOA ), the Global Compassion Network, the Virginia Trucking Association, and the American Trucking Associations ( ATA ).

The church, located transversely with respect to the outside, is called the drawer, single-deck ship with simple pair and knuckle armor, and presbytery on scallops covered with a dome decorated with paintings alluding to Christ's Passion and Compassion Mary.

There are seven primary schools in Formby ; Woodlands, Redgate CP, Our Lady of Compassion RC, St. Jerome's RC, Trinity St. Peters C. of E., Freshfield CP and St Luke's C. of E. Trinity St Peters C. of E. in Formby is the amalgamation of two former primary schools-St. Peter's and Holy Trinity-which closed down in July 2006.

Compassion for the brute is declared to have been the merit of Moses which made him the shepherd of his people ( Exodus Rabbah 2 ), while Judah ha-Nasi saw in his own ailment the punishment for having once failed to show compassion for a frightened calf.

Compassion is the virtue of empathy for the suffering of others.

Compassion is often regarded as emotional in nature, and there is an aspect of compassion which regards a quantitative dimension, such that individual's compassion is often given a property of " depth ," " vigour ," or " passion.

Dromtön is considered to be the 45th incarnation of Chenresig or Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion and, thus, part of the early lineage of the Dalai Lamas ( the First Dalai Lama is said to have been the 51st incarnation ).

Compassion coordinates every aspect of the trip including travel, meals, tips and gratuities, fees related to the travel and sightseeing fares.

Compassion & Choices ' legal advocacy team, which litigates patient cases related to ensuring adequate end-of-life care and choice, represented 16 terminally ill patient-plaintiffs at the U. S. Supreme Court in Gonzales v. Oregon, defeating the Bush administration challenge to Oregon's Death with Dignity Act in January 2006.

" Compassion meditation " is a contemporary scientific field that demonstrates the efficacy of metta and related meditative practices.

The title, in shorter form " Kenting Tai Situpa "; or " Tai Situ ", means " far reaching, unshakable, great master, holder of the command ", the Emperor also conferred on Kenting Tai Situpa the titles " The Empowerment Master with Perfection, Magic, Subtle and Compassion ".

If the player's Compassion stat is high enough — represented by having done enough good deeds throughout the game — the Ur-grue is shown to be unable to possess the player, his evil apparently unable to coexist in the same body with an extremely pure or virtuous spirit, and the Ur-grue's old man form fades away.

Also in 1988, Keaggy and Stonehill would team up with singer Margaret Becker, former Wings drummer Joe English and others as the Compassion All Star Band.

Keaggy and Stonehill would also team up with singer Margaret Becker, drummer Joe English ( former member of Paul McCartney and Wings ) and others, in 1988 for the Compassion All Star Band's album One by One.

In the late 1980s, English joined Randy Stonehill, Phil Keaggy, Rick Cua and others as part of the Compassion All Star Band.

* Le Protocole compassionnel, Gallimard, Paris, 1991, translated into English as The Compassion Protocol, 1993

Saint-Denis has one private elementary, middle, and high school ( Ensemble scolaire Jean-Baptiste de La Salle et Notre-Dame de la Compassion ) and one private middle and high school ( Collège et lycée Saint-Vincent de Paul ).

Compassion arises from a transcendence of this egoism ( the penetration of the illusory perception of individuality, so that one can empathise with the suffering of another ) and can serve as a clue to the possibility of going beyond desire and the will.

Tz ' u-hui Tang ( 慈惠堂, Ci Hui Tang, literally Compassion Society ) is a religious group that is one of the Way of Former Heaven ( Hsien-t ' ien Tao ) sects.

# Compassion to souls who are suffering.

Warren was the only person involved who was not a medical user and could front the suit as a Cannabis Compassion Club.

The Raksha are divided into castes: Diplomats, who favor the Staff Grace and the virtue of Conviction ; Entertainers, who favor the Cup Grace and the virtue of Compassion ; Warriors, who favor the Sword Grace and the virtue of Valor ; and Workers, who favor the Ring Grace and the virtue of Temperance.

In his youth John had had a vision of a beautiful maiden with a garland of olives on her head, who said that she was Compassion, the eldest daughter of the Great King.

Some insist the doctrine was invented by Dr. Marvin Olasky, who went on to memorialize it in his books Renewing American Compassion ( 1996 ) and Compassionate Conservatism: What it is, What it Does, and How it Can Transform America ( 2000 ), and Myron Magnet of the Manhattan Institute.

The term was popularised in the USA in the 1970s by Marcia Pearson who founded the group Fashion With Compassion.

For example, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama is held to be the reincarnation of each of the previous thirteen Dalai Lamas of Tibet, who are in turn considered to be manifestations of Avalokiteshvara, or Chenrezig, Bodhisattva of Compassion, holder of the White Lotus.

The book makes references to the Doctor Who novels Alien Bodies, Interference, The Taking of Planet 5, and The Shadows of Avalon, and it features the characters Compassion and Chris Cwej who first appeared in Doctor Who novels.

Brinkley is co-founder and Board Chairman of the Twilight Brigade ( formerly called Compassion in Action ), a non-profit international organization that supports bedside volunteers who provide companionship to those who are dying, especially veterans, during the last months of life.

His book Tibetan Portrait: The Power of Compassion, introduces individuals from a deeply spiritual culture who strive to maintain their practice of compassion in the face of adversity.

Compassion meditation has been shown to lower the participants reaction to inflammation and distress, both of which are associated with, " major depression, heart disease and diabetes ," in response to stressors, a change that was dependent on the amount of time spent practicing, with practitioners who spent more time meditating having corresponding more significant changes in their brains.