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Benevolence towards all living beings, joy at the sight of the virtuous, compassion and sympathy for the afflicted and tolerance towards the insolent and ill-beloved.
The desire that others should be free from suffering and pain is benevolence. Fervent affection as well as veneration in the presence of the virtuous is joy. The disposition to reader assistance to the afflicted is compassion. Tolerance or unconcern is freedom from attachment and repulsion based on desire and aversion. Those who are afflicted in several kinds of wombs owing to the ripening of inauspicious karmas are the living beings. The virtuous are those in whom right knowledge etc. abound. The afflicted are those who suffer from anguish and distress on the risc of unplcasant feeling. producing karmas. The ill-behaved are those, who don't listen to the truth and don't cultivate virtues. Benevolence etc. must be practised towards living beings and others respectivly; that is benvolence towards all living beings, devotion to the virtuous, compassion towards the tormented and unconcern towards the indecorous and insolent persons.
He who conducts himself in these manners is able to practise non-violence and other vows for perfection.
