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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 (German)

Translation Mitgefühl
Definition Mitgefühl besteht in dem Wunsch, dass jemand frei von Leiden sein möge sowie auch von den Ursachen dafür.

OTHER TRANSLATIONS

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