Compassion Not Pity

Buddhists do not feel called to an I–Thou relationship with a God, but rather with all sentient beings. Universal compassion toward others. Awakened beings feel compassion for all other beings because they have felt, in the very marrow of their InterBeing, that they are no-selves, that they are interconnected and part of all beings. One can’t love

Compassion is born from understanding suffering, and without understanding and compassion, we cannot be a happy person.