It occurred to me that you might be interested in some thoughts which I expressed privately in recent years, in the hope of clearing up a certain confusion in the public mind about what foreign policy is all about and what it means, and of developing a certain compassion for those who are carrying such responsibilities inside Government.

The first Thirthankar, Rishabh introduced the concept of altruism for all living beings, from extending knowledge and experience to others to donation, giving oneself up for others, non-violence and compassion for all living things.

Paneloux is at pains to emphasize that God did not will the calamity: " He looked on the evil-doing in the town with compassion ; only when there was no other remedy did He turn His face away, in order to force people to face the truth about their life " In Paneloux's view, even the terrible suffering caused by the plague works ultimately for good.

Paneloux is moved with compassion for the child, and he takes up the question of innocent suffering in his second sermon.

Abu Bakr felt compassion for slaves, so he purchased eight slaves ( four men and four women ) and then freed them, paying 40, 000 dinar for their freedom.

In it Cartier notes that, as the son of an antimilitary anarchist and one who grew up among the disenfranchised, Grothendieck always had a deep compassion for the poor and the downtrodden.

Traditionally, a bodhisattva is anyone who, motivated by great compassion, has generated bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings.

Now 19 years old, Eugene applied directly to Louis XIV for command of a company in French service, but the King – who had shown no compassion for Olympia's children since her disgrace – refused him out of hand.

Luke presented Jesus as the Son of God, but turned his attention especially to the humanity of Jesus, featuring His compassion for the weak, the suffering and the outcast.

In Tibetan Buddhism, the highest achievement any person can achieve is to become like the " great " female Buddhas ( e. g. Arya Tara ) who are depicted as being supreme protectors, fearless and filled with compassion for all beings.

The narrator discusses the centrality of compassion for other people to the preservation of civilization.

Perhaps the punishment he received for lacking compassion towards the calf helped him to see that eating animals is not a matter that should be treated lightly.

The earliest solitary humans possessed a basic drive for self-preservation and a natural disposition to compassion or pity.

The devotee is reminded to perform duties without any expectation and have love and compassion for all living beings so as to attain the ultimate fruit-Moksha.

ssa is not viewed as a challenge of kevishas hayetzer ( overcoming and taming impulses for forbidden behavior ), but rather as a troubling halacha lacking in compassion, rachmanah litzlan forbid.

Love is also said to be a virtue representing all of human kindness, compassion, and affection —" the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another ".

Luthor has shown an unusual level of compassion for Conner Kent, a hybrid clone created from the DNA of Superman and Luthor himself.

These churches also tend to retain the social activism of their evangelical forebears of the 19th century, placing particular emphasis on those teachings of scripture that teach compassion for the poor and concern for social justice.

For example, the ethics of medicine require that physicians show consideration, compassion and benevolence for their patients.

Out of compassion for the poor of the impoverished Papal States, he sought to help them by reducing taxes.

Love and compassion are components of all forms of Buddhism, and are focused on all beings equally: love is the wish that all beings be happy, and compassion is the wish that all beings be free from suffering.

Rousseau wrote that morality was not a societal construct, but rather " natural " in the sense of " innate ," an outgrowth from man's instinctive disinclination to witness suffering, from which arise the emotions of compassion or empathy.

Filled with compassion, she released all the good karma she had accumulated through her many lifetimes, thus freeing many suffering souls back into Heaven and Earth.

Filled with compassion, she returned to Earth, vowing never to leave till such time as all suffering has ended.

Karuṇā is compassion and mercy, which reduces the suffering of others.

Karuna is compassion and mercy, which impels one to help reduce the suffering of others.

One of the practical purposes of fasting or sawm during the month of Ramadan is to help one empathize with the hunger pangs of those less fortunate, to enhance sensitivity to the suffering of others and develop compassion for the poor and destitute.

# Karuṇā: compassion ; the hope that a person's sufferings will diminish ; compassion is the " wish for all sentient beings to be free from suffering.

And the echo of this suffering is already heard in every word of our worship service-unique and incomparable both in the power of tenderness and feeling and in the depth of the boundless compassion for the suffering of the Savior.

That is, God is not detached from suffering but willingly enters into human suffering in compassion.

The observance of suffering by the community does not necessarily give rise to compassion.

A change in values from what had been the socially acceptable infliction of suffering may allow compassion to be released.

Weil's whole life was marked by an exceptional compassion for the suffering of others ; at the age of six, for instance, she refused to eat sugar after she heard that soldiers fighting in the First World War had to go without.

The Buddha linked conscience with compassion for those who must endure cravings and suffering in the world until right conduct culminates in right mindfulness and right contemplation.

" The Buddha also associated conscience with compassion for those who must endure cravings and suffering in the world until right conduct culminates in right mindfulness and right contemplation.

Buddhism considers liberation from suffering and the practice of compassion ( karuna ) as basic for leading a holy life and attaining nirvana.

John Benedetto Sr. instilled in his son a love of art and literature and a compassion for human suffering, but died when Anthony was 10 years old.

Their suffering can be ameliorated with compassion and conscientious care.

Stravinsky's wife reportedly bore her husband's infidelity " with a mixture of magnaminity, bitterness, and compassion ".

The sentence was supposedly uttered by a Bohemian settler, Bogwal (" Bogwalus Boemus "), a subject of Bolesław the Tall, expressing compassion for his own wife who " very often stood grinding by the quern-stone.

However she mistook his compassion for romantic interest and actually attempted to steal him from his wife Nina.

They beg the father to show more compassion toward his wife and to hope for the child's survival.