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To be kind to the moving and the stationary creatures is
compassion.
4. Anukampa duḥkhiteṣu kāruṇyam |
- Tattvärthabhāṣya, Haribhadrasūri vṛtti, 1.2. To be merciful to the miserable creatures is compassion.
5. Anugrahabuddhayārdrīkṛtacetasaḥ parapīḍāmātmasamsthāmiva kurvato'nukampanamanukampā |
- Tattvārthabhāṣşya, Siddhasenagani vṛtti, 6.13. When a kind person of altruistic inclination is moved by mercy by considering the others' pain as his own, it is compassion.
6. Sarvaprāniṣu maitri anukampā |
Tattvärthavārtika, 1.2.30. Compassion is the feeling of friendship for all the living beings. 7. Anukampa duḥkhiteṣu apakṣapātena duḥkha-prahāṇecchā | - Yogaśāstra, svopajñavivaraṇa, 2.15.
An impartial desire to mitigate others' misery is compassion. 8. Dharmasya paramam mūlamanukampām pra-cakṣate | - Upāsakādhyayana, 2.30.
Compassion is the foremost foundation of dharma.
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9. Kliṣyamānajantūddharaṇabuddhiḥ anukampa |
- Bhagavatu ārādhana, Mūlā tīkā, 1696. An inclination to deliver the miserable creatures from their misery is compassion.
10. Anukampă duḥkhitasatvaviṣayā kṛpā |
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Dharambindu, Municandra vṛtti, 3.7.
Kindness for the miserable creatures is compassion. 11. Anukampäkhilasatvakṛpā |
- Aṇagāra dharmāmṛta, 2.52.
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