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compassion

TECHNICAL TERM DETAILS (English)

Term compassion

Referenced by:
compassionate sympathy (alternative term)
Tibetan snying-rje
Sanskrit karuna
Pali
Definition The wish for someone to be free from suffering and from the causes for suffering.

TRANSLATION (Jeffrey Hopkins En, Tibetan Pronunciation)

Translation [heart-foremost]; compassion

* nyingjé
* snying rje
Definition

OTHER TRANSLATIONS

Arabic الشفقة
German Mitgefühl
French compassion
Italian compassione
Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... [heart-foremost]; compassion
Russian сострадание
Vietnamese lòng bi mẫn