For a variety of reason the word ‘compassion’ has come up in conversation or in my reading. So it was only right that a picture quote with a definition of ‘compassion come my way. It reads: “Compassion is the wish to offer unbiased service to all beings, whether they are friendly or hostile to you.” - Dalai Lama
In this definition the word ‘unbiased’ stood out. My disdain for discrimination of any type, based on income, race, illness religious or age, has really bothered me the last few years. But before I could rejoice in my bias against people who discriminate I read the rest of the sentence which says “to offer unbiased service to all beings, whether they are friendly or hostile to you.” The word ‘hostile’ makes living this principle of compassion difficult, since people who I believe to be discriminating are usually hostile to me for pointing it out.
But I do ‘wish’ to be compassionate to all beings, even those who are hostile to me. So if compassion is the wish I guess I am okay for now.
You can view the picture quote in full size below.
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