Sharing. What comes to your mind as you read the word "Sharing"? Do we share material objects such as food, kitchenware, office supplies, or money with others? When we think of sharing, we normally think of sharing things we could see, hear, smell, taste, touch, or think about. They include money, music, aromas from flowers, food, or conceptual ideas. Other than these things, we could also share our experiences from our lives and share our affinity. We could also share our si

Compassion is defined in the dictionary as "a strong feeling of sympathy and sadness for the suffering or bad luck of others and a wish to help them". On the other hand, Buddhism defines compassion as "wishing to free sentient beings from suffering". It is also a display of loving-kindness in the face of suffering. Loving-kindness is the wish that sentient beings be happy. True loving-kindness requires wisdom, and is a kind of purified and refined love, and constitutes servic

With the coronavirus being spread globally and causing a pandemic, people are anxious, frustrated, and scared of contracting this virus. Many are practicing 'social distancing', which is the practice of deliberately increasing the physical space between people to avoid spreading illness. For example, social events are canceled, people start working from home, classes are either canceled or moved online. Some even closed down cities or services for their dwellers. People start

What place do kindness and compassion have in today's world? In ancient times, people do not need to work long hours, hence they have time to further develop themselves. People in the past had more time to interact with people as there were not many things to do during the day. Jobs in the past were interactive in nature, and people in town know each other. Now, with economic advancement, we may need to work long hours, and hence have little time for ourselves. Furthermore, w

I believe everyone has heard of compassion before. How much do we know what compassion is? If I ask you to explain what compassion is, would you be able to? Etymologically, compassion comes from the latin word compati. It can be broken down to com, which means "with, together" , and pati , which means "to suffer". Hence, in the dictionary, it means to suffer together with, or a strong feeling of sympathy and sadness for other people’s suffering or bad luck and a desire to hel

We are all born with innate compassion, whether we believe it or not. From a young age, we know what is right, and what is wrong. Not only that, we know that when our actions will make someone suffer, we won't perform that action. Children share everything with their friends, make others happy. Ever remember when you were little, you share your favorite things with others because it makes you happy? And you want to share that happiness with others too? That is compassion. The

Compassion. It is the heart of Bodhisattva Path. Great compassion also gives rise to the Bodhi Mind, the mind that vows to achieve the unexcelled complete Enlightenment (anuttara-samyak-sambodhi). This compassion is unequaled because we see the suffering of all sentient beings that we vow to become Buddhas, to complete enlightenment in order to enlighten others. Hence compassion is a very important in the Bodhisattva path. We see the practice of giving as the first paramita t