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18 COMPASSION
A feeling of self-affliction (suffering) produced in our heart. on seeing the various types of miseries and calamities suffered by other creatures of the universe is known as compassion.
In this world, we see that some people suffer from physical ailments, some feel panas of separation from friends and family and some are afflicted by other adverse circumstances. On seeing these various creatures suffering from sorrows as a result of their previous false actions, the hearts of worthy persons are moved with compassion towards them and they try to dissipate their sorrows by physical, mental,
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