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Society & Lifestyle > Personal Morals & Values Developing compassion as a way of life: 25 of 39

Developing compassion as a way of life is a philosophy that has been taught for thousands of years. Jesus and Buddha have many parallel teachings about compassion as pointed out by Marcus Borg, author of the book Jesus and Buddha, The Parallel Sayings. First, let's discuss what compassion is and then explore some of the sayings regarding compassion by two of our greatest teachers. In order to be compassionate, one must understand what compassion is. The standard definition of compassion is deep sympathy or pity. Looking more closely at the root meanings of the word, however, gives us a mor...
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