Saturday, 3 December 2011

Compassion in Buddhism - Part II - Comparison between compassion and kindness

3. Comparison between compassion and kindness

Compassion is not only the basics of Buddhism, as well as the main point of Chinese culture and Christian culture. At other points, including the same, same but different points, so be sure to explain the distinction.

Buddhism as a relationship of mutual existence of a legal dependent of dependent origination, to establish an ethics of compassion. French dependent origination, the use of scripture or example: "Like the clean cloud, mutual depend to survive." Like the tree structure of this tripod, they are connected and dependent on each other should never stand down. If the left leg, two leg which will immediately fall down, this is one specific example for the same idea.

The world is so dependent origination. Because other people as well as for ourselves, to have self-interest is not focused on profit not spared. The common thread between his suffering and the root of the strongest compassion to arise. This Confucian called "human". Human capital is the kernel inside the shell by the two pieces together, in which students pre-existing capabilities to bear fruit. Existing and arising inseparable interrelationship idea.

Amplified this sense that research to discuss human problems, human ( ) mean that both of them ( 二人) - many people, the relationship of many reasonable mutual cross coexist . In the psychological problems, ie feeling sympathy of intimate relationship between oneself and others. Agrees to cooperate harmoniously, active living, that is human. If the body and mind swings, dry lean body fatigue, mental apathy apathy, cruel hatred operation, it is inhuman. Confucianism and human love of nature in accordance with the mutual existence of dependent origination. And as cum loving " 兼爱"Even the family, the structural interpretation texts, cum like the state of two rice column together. This same approach with the Lord Buddha said, "wipes bundle column." So explain the correlation of things, the interdependence coexist among people, so e-fetched Even human love, cum-loving policy.

Buddha's teachings of dependent origination, is also said self. Because the conditioned launch, so there is no independent entity exists, there is no absolute self. Negative absolute self, is also absolutely no others. The relationship of their relative and people, closely correlated, so the compassionate sympathy arises naturally. Even Confucianism with family, also look similar to each other. Even as the business said: " Search is not human (people) ". From the word "Search" - from medical significance exists. Has no desire to tell others all have their relation to, should of course have to love (love), why can people not love yourself? Confucian saying: "People with heart, there is no enemy." Who are able to experience the true goodness, kindness extended, all with the same assistance to individuals and not objects exist independently of the absolute, so decided not to bring someone to the his enemies, without destroying them is not. Of Confucian benevolence, love of the Mac family, not with compassion in Buddhism, there are similar points or so!

However, there are several major differences. Dharma talk of compassion, not only from his personal gain observed in external relations, but understand the relationship with others, like Confucianism and Wear Date. Buddhism as personal observations from deep inside the relationship, understand yourself, your body just the same continuum exists because mind and matter (material) in harmony; although expression can act as , with no absolute subject.

Thus Buddhism is capable of mind-internal-self, others outside the reach self-self, unlike the deep defects only look inward and Wear of the Confucian family, only to experience no enemies enemy , no other people on the outside. Inability to shop-self, which goes against the appropriate selection of the management, so hard to avoid the dictates of the ego and self serving (me and mine). From this point the development of humane foreign policy, is not able to achieve radical performance-self, nor be able to make perfect no no external enemies. And also, the text of Confucianism, the relationship between oneself and others in the society, stems from the general benefits of family peace, human circulation - from father to son amplification military sense, since you gain university to friends, spouses as the origin of morality. From this point outward deduce that, should a new "from the ones that people from the people, from people from the people that love all things charity"; "people as his limbs, as a body"; "everyone in the society of my fellow, things are my friends." The love of family relatives, most equitable, most practical, is also the most narrow.

Under the family-cultural entity of China, amplified to "all as part of his body, as a body," "galaxy is in general", which ultimately is restricted the "family". Focus family, which overlooked the country, can not say that is the cause of the disease makes China very difficult in modern progress. Speaking of the galaxy is in general, the distance over increasing distances. Buddhism directly from the discovery of the self comes to the subject, leaving a narrow concept, all being taken as an object that arises from compassion; this with kindness of Confucianism, whether reasonable Comment on radicalism, popularity, what aspects are not comparable with the Buddhism.

In Christianity, the heart of their plans, of course, love. God - god is the creator of the world, is the father of mankind. A loving God to mankind, so also loves human spirit; the meaning of love can glass business card to worship god, then love others as ourselves glass, this implies more or less from glass causes loving family of relatives, but mainly arises from the concept of homogeneous co-culture, close to the legal equality of dependent origination. The adherents of Christianity, not because they do not have practice. From the faithful to become respectful, sincere repentance, the spirit to achieve focus, they also gain experience in religion. If achieved, they have profound intuition forget the state of personal ego, call it the same views with god. Spirit is infinite, luminous, pure - pure, often heard mysterious sounds. At that time, full of calm joy peace and comfort; can also arise when some extraordinary experiences. The joyful experience of peace without beginning and without end, infinite volume, clarity, this pure, according to Buddhism is said, if shallow, it is illusory scene, but it is profound to the scene.

But because the teachers lack the sense of dependent origination visit selfless, self use to think it, imagine a universal god super Vietnam, combined with the inherent sense of spirit ancestors. The religious experience, or to the mystical experience, have thought the notion of assimilation component things, the universe co-existing. Like Chuang Tzu said: "Land of the sun with my roots, the same things I was born with," Even death, too, Pham Ba-la-subject of education, have a homogeneous intuition, which can the spirit of charity. However, most such equality, which is the general nature of things. Because the focus is not wisdom, or wisdom is not enough, stay in the picture is of similar concentration or concentration, which re-recorded narration mistake, became gods, became the Spirit secrets of the universe.

Buddhism teaches compassion joy discharge - the countless gifts - Is happy, practice will achieve heaven born Brahma. Because the scene is shallow with depth, the class should be divided into: Brahma, Quang Tinh natural and natural. Pham Ba-la-subject of education - or personified as Brahma, the same access to the God of Christianity, not out of the meditation experience, the popularity of the self, imagine the roots of the universe, creator of the universe. Ideological roots of creativity, not only the musings from the mind of the race, also associated with particular mystical experience. The deep wisdom of Buddhism have radically, as of the most, only traces clearly the specific origin of this type of thinking.

Charity of Christianity, has its roots in alienation theory made love. Because the spirit has not completed, but Jesus was more or less modified, but still no way be complete. Because God is a spirit which protected the Jewish people, have personalities like brutal fight. For people who do not believe in, who is guilty, then attack the foreigners killed destruction, the god of this ancient capital has no pity anyone rambling. Spirit of nationalism, of course combined with the ethnic bias. Therefore spirit of the nation Israel, the Israel selected as "chosen people". Spirit brings power delivered to them, want them to become the dominant world Gentiles be brought under the domination of Israel. Prophecy and the grace of god, soon will become reality.

Jesus God innovations, became the religion of all humanity. But the natural love of the chosen people, yet there is a bit of a change. Because of this, missionaries in the history of the world, with the colonial policy of aggression, this past this image without isolation. Until recently, racism in South Africa, the Australian race, the actual status of blacks in the United Nations, remains the same. In the spirit of charity of the Catholic faithful, entirely appropriate. The alien does not have the grace of god should be dominated, if not to change their religion, it was considered heresy map. In Christian theology, permanent birth to heaven, which is not due to the good of you, but because of your beliefs. No spirit, do not believe Jesus, then all of you have no effect whatsoever. In other words, he who believes in God, under God, been born there; not believe in God, not God, then die. The dominating, the forgiveness of all religions, not just theory not smooth, the reality is a clear expression of non-human nature, not the aggressive entry of democracy. Past dark age of Europe, for heresy, for the work of scientists invented that does not match that of the god, the church was persecuted, burned alive, well which is nothing strange, it is inherent in the internal sense of charity functions in the spirit of the teacher. Type of the spirit of charity begins tomorrow the world a new era of openness rather dark.

Quote in "Three essential for students of Buddhism," the Indian monk Thuan

Welcome to read the next end.END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY BACH LIEN HOA.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).

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