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That is, - Compassion and pure consciousness are the forms of auspicious karmic influx and as opposed to these the lack of compassion and volitional impurity indicate sinful karmic influx.
Comments - Purity of consciousness is considered to be a cause of karmic reduction and destruction. Therefore, kindness and compassion also cause karmic reduction and destruction.
PREACHING COMPASSION Krtakarisyamāṇopakārānapekşairanukampā krtā bhavati |
- Bhagavatiārādhanā Vijayodayā Tīkā, p. 816. That is, – Kind acts by those who are not doing so in return of a past favour or in expectation of a future favour is said to be compassion.
Comments - When one does well by others in return for a favour received in the past or in expectation of a favour to be received in future, it is not called an act of compassion but a selfish act. It is like trading favours. When we have neither received any favour from anybody in the past nor is there any possibility of receiving favours in future and even then we act with kindness towards that creature, it is said to be noble compassion.
Varamekākṣara grāhyam sarvasatvānukampanaṁ | Na tvakșapoșakaṁ pāpas kuśāstraṁ dhūrtacarcitam ||
- Jñānārņava, 28.26. That is - Even one letter that has been written in the compassionate vein is noble and acceptable while even the whole scripture written otherwise by the cheats is ignoble and not acceptable. Dhamme țhio savvapayāņukampi II
- Uttarādhyayanasūtra, 13.32. That is, – Be steadfast in dharma and be compassionate on all subjects.
Jo u paraṁ kampantaṁ datthūņa na kampae kashiņabhāvo | Eso u niraņukampo, aņu pacchābhāva-joeņaṁ || - Vrhatkalpabhāsya, 1320.
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