Compassion

Non-violence, truthfulness, freedom from anger, renunciation, tranquillity, absence of slander, compassion for beings, non-covetousness, gentleness, modesty, and steadiness —

One who bears no hatred toward any being, who is friendly and compassionate, free of the sense of 'mine' and of ego, equal in pleasure and pain, and endowed with patience —

One who sees everywhere the same — whether in joy or in suffering — by likening others to oneself, O Arjuna, that yogi is held to be the highest.

Sanjaya said: To him who was thus overwhelmed with compassion, whose eyes were filled with tears and clouded with distress, Madhusudana spoke these words.

I do not wish to slay these, O Madhusudana, even if they strike me down — not even for the lordship of all three worlds, let alone for this earth.

Therefore we should not kill the sons of Dhritarashtra, who are our own kinsmen. O Madhava, how can we be happy having slain our own people?

Overwhelmed by a deep surge of compassion, filled with grief, he spoke: O Krishna, seeing all these kinsmen assembled here ready to fight,

The psychic personality within us blossoms as the saint, the sage, or the seer. When it reaches its full potential, it directs the being toward self-awareness and the divine, toward the highest truth, goodness, beauty, love, and bliss, and the divine expanses, opening us to the experience of spiritual sympathy, universality, and oneness.

One who sees all beings in the Self alone, and the Self in all beings — such a one shrinks from nothing, feels no loathing for any creature.

The gods, with Brahma at their head, worship your benevolent self, O sinless one. You are everything. You are the creator of the gods and it was you who caused them to be created. Through your grace, the gods pass their time in joy and perfect fearlessness.

Be merciful and don't let your anger destroy all living things. Through your mercy, let the entire universe, including the past, present, and future, continue to exist.

Lord Jesus says, "Blessed are those who show mercy, for they will receive mercy."

Teachers, fathers, sons, and also grandfathers; uncles, fathers-in-law, grandsons, brothers-in-law, and other kinsmen.

How can a person be a great religious man, if he causes suffering to others, hates them and feels jealous? It is very essential that in the first instance we should imbibe goodness and humanity. Without this, nobody is religious, nobody is good.

Then the demons said to him, "Please instruct us, sir." To them he uttered the same syllable "Da," and asked, "Have you understood?" They said, "We have; you told us 'Dayadhvam' — be compassionate." He said, "Yes, you have understood." That very thing the heavenly voice, the thunder, repeats: "Da, Da, Da" — control yourselves, give, be compassionate. Therefore one should learn these three: self-control, charity and compassion.

His wife said to him, "This student has practised austerity and tended the fires well; teach him, lest the fires reproach you." But without teaching him, Satyakama went away on a journey.

If we remove the foundation of kindness, we do not have sympathy for one another, we do not try to uplift others, we should forget that we are virtuous or we are followers of a true religion. Only a person having the sacred feeling of love keeps the religion glowing. It is he who glorifies the religion.

If one part of the body gets pain, the pain is not confined to that part; the entire body feels it. One part of the body cannot think of harming the other. The same becomes true of mankind, when they are unified through their relationship with God.

The qualities of humanity are compassion, broadmindedness, humility, the feeling of sharing another's sorrow, the feeling of giving joy to others, the urge to resettle the displaced, and the effort to make the weeping laugh. These are the very human qualities, endowed with which a vastness was seen in the lives of saints and great souls.

We claim that we believe in God, but pleasing God and bringing Him joy is only possible when we embrace all human beings. The joy of God can be attained only by lifting up the fallen and healing their wounds. O human, if your heart remains hard, if you keep making plans to make the laughing weep and to divide those who have come together, then you can never draw near to God, and the grace of God can never fall upon you. If you spread ruin under the cover of religion, that itself is irreligion.