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  • Muir cites as an example of Abu Bakr's compassion and concern for the welfare of his subjects that he was once found enquiring into the “affairs ...
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  • aspects of life including love, compassion, tolerance, modesty and humility in order to fashion a decent and livable society. 'U' is ...
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  • of this race were of great might and without compassion, subsisting on the nagas. Fittingly, Vishnu was their protector. Mahabharata, Book V: ...
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  • *showing compassion to those who became apostates under compulsion *prohibition of opening correspondence addressed to another The first two of ...
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  • #Kindness; benevolence; gentleness; compassion; sensitivity; moral sense. #The faculty to imitate; the mimic. #The organ of religion. ...
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  • emphasizing family, goodwill, and compassion (as opposed to communal ... Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge rejects compassion, philanthropy, and Christmas ...
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  • discovered times when he displayed his compassion and humanity, especially ... His compassion was experienced by Lt. Col. William Stacy of the Continental ...
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  • of the Atman, comes universal compassion, love, and the awareness of the oneness of all things (higher knowledge). This brings Ananda (Inner ...
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  • the Hatto displays Kannon the bodhisattva of compassion, and four white lions (called the a-un no shishi); the Yokusitsu has Baddabara; the Sanshokaku ...
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  • It is a combination of harmony, truth, and compassion. The triad of Chesed, Gevurah, and Tiferet are forces within the heart. The final triad ...
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  • handled their wounds and bodies with tender compassion and the greatest of maternal charity." The original Bridgettine order was open to ...
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  • motherly love—Nurturer, Fount of compassion, and Sustainer. ... *Modeling empathy and compassion to younger and older, weaker, and sicker ...
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  • [[Image:Kano White-robed Kannon, Bodhisattva of Compassion.jpg|thumb|200px|Kano Motonobu, White-robed Kannon, Bodhisattva of Compassion, c. first ...
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  • suggests, Peterborough is the one source for compassion of the laity found in contemporary accounts. The first continuation expresses as much outrage ...
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  • Heaven was heard: "Since he has shown compassion, let us be compassionate with him." The rabbi was then healed of his painful illnesses and ...
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  • and the Bodhisattva of Perfect Compassion on the twenty–fourth of each lunar month, with other special meetings held to commemorate important ...
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  • of God's love, passion, compassion, and heart for humanity. From the perspective of Unification Thought, harmony, peace, reconciliation, ...
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  • virtues such as benevolence, forgiveness, and compassion, are equally central to ethics. The myth of progress assumed that two basic functions ...
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  • cause of all suffering. Consequently, kindness, compassion and equanimity are regarded as the untainted aspect of human nature. *~500 B.C.E. ...
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  • human soul or eternal spirit, and the value of compassion and love. At the same time, he warned that extracting and reducing religious practice to ...
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  • of good and evil, forgiveness and mercy, compassion and love. Such religiousness ... its virtues. They feel and express compassion and respect for each other ...
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  • # Practise Humility, Kindness, Compassion, and Love. == Care and Protocol to be Observed == ===Personal Behavior === Any person in the presence ...
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  • Miguel Hidalgo was still a great man. His compassion for the underdog, his hatred of injustice and his intelligent and creative approach to economic ...
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  • had a fondness for literature and compassion for the poor, which influenced the child. He left home at the age of 12 and began a series of occupations ...
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  • the gate of the elixir or universal compassion to liberate all beings." Bodhidharma again refused, saying, “how can you hope for true ...
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  • and to pity the poor Indians. Nevertheless, his compassion did not preclude the view that his own race was superior to others.” When Emily Howells ...
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  • of his people with mercy and compassion. In the New Testament, Jesus emphasizes God’s fatherly love and uses parables such as the Prodigal ...
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  • men as well as animals.” Francis had compassion upon the townsfolk, and ... the love of animals; the sense of social compassion; the sense of the spiritual ...
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  • * Nor Shall My Sword: Discourses on Pluralism, Compassion and Social Hope, Chatto & Windus: London, 1972. * Letters in Criticism, edited with ...
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  • In Korea, Buddhist temples are abundant. Many of the oldest and most famous temples are located high up in the mountains, where Buddhist monks ...
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  • Rooney is a man of tremendous faith and great compassion, and it is always a joy to interact with him."Bill Hill. 2006. [http://www.pittsburghcatholic ...
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  • to equip and lead the laity in ministries of compassion, justice and service in the world. In this capacity, he or she leads the church in relating the ...
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  • provides training in tolerance, compassion, and forgiveness. Failure to do so, however, results in rivalries that threaten to destroy the harmony ...
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  • the world for his enduring qualities of compassion, faith, generosity, and ... her and jealous of Darnay because of her compassion for him, wishing to take ...
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  • Although she showed compassion for the Native Americans encountered by Columbus, refusing to receive them as slaves and asking that they be returned ...
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  • Du Fu's compassion for himself and for others was part of his general broadening of the scope of poetry: he devoted many works to topics ...
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  • slaughterer had trying to reconcile his compassion for animals with his job of slaughtering them. He felt that the eating of meat was a denial ...
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  • high standards of Christian humility and compassion. His life was recorded by a contemporary, Sulpicius Severus, who attributed many miracles ...
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  • opened their houses to him gladly, partly in compassion, partly in admiration of his genius. But he soon wearied of their society, and wore their kindness ...
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  • unlearn violence by practicing love and compassion at every possible opportunity ... ideal. It presupposes the existence of compassion and a sense of justice ...
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  • the power of his conscience and his compassion for others that moved him ... ===Service and Compassion === Although from a young age, Gandhi rejected ...
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  • I will now bring Jacob back from captivity and will have compassion on all the people of Israel… They will forget their shame and all the unfaithfulness ...
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  • and relatives, he became overwhelmed with compassion and spoke thus: :Arjuna said: My dear Krsna, seeing my friends and relatives present before ...
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  • you [Jerusalem], in favor I will show you compassion. :Your gates will always stand open, they will never be shut, day or night, :so that men ...
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  • she made government human with her unique compassion and her grace, warmth and wisdom. Her leadership transformed the American landscape and preserved ...
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  • of Laozi, the child was graced with unearthly compassion and charity. He devoted his entire childhood to helping the needy (the poor and suffering, the ...
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  • due to the Depression and often wrote with compassion about their difficulties. Tweedsmuir was recognized by Glasgow, St. Andrews, McGill, Toronto ...
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  • Mary is depicted expressing compassion, grief, and love, usually in highly charged, emotional works of art even though the most famous, early ...
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  • :I will now bring Jacob back from captivity and will have compassion on all the people of Israel, and I will be zealous for my holy name. They ...
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  • Service: Compassion was one of Dominic’s outstanding qualities. For example, as a student in Palencia he said, “I refuse to study dead skins ...
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  • supported by loving kindness and great compassion is most important.” Atisha dedicated himself to the understanding and practice of bodhichitta ...
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  • sounds [of the world]," the Bodhisattva of Compassion in Chinese Buddhism). Due to the syncretistic nature of Mani's teachings, the ...
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  • of all the world's faiths. "Compassion" (karuna) in Buddhism ... love, parental love, friendship, compassion, love of self, love of ...
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  • people how to love and understand and have compassion for each other. I have learned more about love, selflessness and human understanding from the ...
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  • (1:8-16, 3:3-4), plus his concern (1:12-13) and compassion for its citizenry (3:7, 14, 17)." Bennett, 660. In spite of these textual clues ...
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  • in his later years, Wycherley did show some compassion throughout his life that cannot go unrecognized. It is thought that due to his time in debtor ...
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  • Darrow remains notable for his oratory utilizing the wit, compassion, and agnosticism that marked him as one of the most famous American lawyers ...
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  • the transcendent well-spring of divine compassion with the coldness of reason and the hubris of humanism led to the implicit cynicism and darkness ...
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  • parable is told by Jesus to illustrate that compassion should be for all people, and that fulfilling the spirit of the Law is more important than fulfilling ...
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  • and how they turned from their evil ways, he had compassion and did not bring upon them the destruction he had threatened. But Jonah was greatly displeased ...
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  • that of Xuanzang was held in the Temple of Great Compassion, Tianjin until 1956, when it was taken to Nalanda, allegedly by the Dalai Lama, and presented ...
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  • the issues of class tensions, courage, and compassion, and gender roles in the American Deep South. The book is widely taught in schools in English ...
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  • to Jerusalem, your city, may you return in compassion, and may you rest within it, as you have spoke. May you rebuild it soon in our days as an ...
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  • Humane King"), King Hussein was a man of compassion who established a legacy that serves as a model for the Middle East. == Personal life == ...
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  • * Moeller, Susan D. 1999. Compassion Fatigue: How the Media Sell Disease, Famine, War, and Death. New York, NY: Routledge. ISBN 9780415920971. ...
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  • Honor, Humility, Strength, Beauty, Power, and Compassion, and are found in a phrase from Doreen Valiente's Charge of the Goddess, ...
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  • centered on the virtues of temperance and compassion. Brock (1973) (see especially 14-15); Harvey (1988); Harvey (1990). Once ensconced upon his ...
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  • often displayed, and his deeply felt compassion for mankind irrespective of wealth and age proved to be a highly charged combination that brought ...
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  • aesthetic experience, anger, anxiety, compassion, depression, envy, fright ... joy, gratitude, hope, peace, and compassion. Robert C. Roberts, Spiritual ...
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  • because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. The poet's, the writer's duty is to write about these things ...
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  • and Benedictine Sisters of Grace and Compassion, although these are not part of the Benedictine Confederation. Saint Benedict's model for ...
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  • equally weighty concerns: pride, humility, compassion, discernment, patience, judging others, prayer, hospitality, and almsgiving. For some early Christians ...
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  • opens the safe to rescue the child. Showing compassion for his good deed, the lawman lets him go. * "After Twenty Years," set on a dark ...
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  • people with AIDS deserve no isolation, but compassion and kindness. It helped change world opinion, and gave hope to people with AIDS with an outcome ...
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  • of equality treat other with respect and compassion" (Saman Suttam 150). ... beings. Important part of the Buddha-nature is compassion. ...
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  • critical of sermons given by priests who preached compassion for the weak and the brotherhood of all men. He believed that the supreme Deity had chosen ...
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  • and loved for his or her honesty, compassion, generosity of spirit, ... parental authority pairs high levels of compassion and care with an equally ...
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  • (Sanskrit: klesha) and to practice compassion and wisdom simultaneously. Beer (2004: p.142) states: Deity Yoga employs highly refined techniques ...
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  • Tibetan Prayer Flags, made in the Himalayas, promote peace, compassion and wisdom. It is believed the energy of the prayers and sacred mantras ...
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  • **Guan Yin (觀音) (觀音菩薩, also Kuan Yin) Goddess of compassion and mercy (was a Taoist first in some mythologies. Taoist title: Ci Hang ...
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  • wisdom, righteousness, loving kindness, justice, compassion, patience, and beauty. However he is also a jealous deity. Although he is slow to anger, ...
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  • that physicians show consideration, compassion, and benevolence for their patients. The common purpose of all physicians is to use their skill ...
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  • more than states such as wisdom, courage, and compassion. The sense of virtue which aretê connotes would include saying something like "speed ...
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  • share the values of heart, "ren" or compassion, care for others in the ideal way, the Buddhist figure is more the celibate monk or nun. The ...
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  • care for themselves and a natural disposition to compassion or pity. As humans were forced to associate together more closely, by the pressure of population ...
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  • general. Nurses are at risk of developing compassion fatigue and moral distress, which can worsen mental health. They also have very high rates of occupational ...
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  • must be expressed externally in just acts and in compassion for the disadvantaged. Thus, although often cited as the cause of contention between ...
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  • Cash felt great compassion for prisoners. He began performing concerts at various prisons starting in the late 1950s (Cash 1997). These performances ...
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  • selfless service exemplified the ideals of compassion and sacrificial agape love that lie at the heart of many great religions. In both ecumenical ...
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  • all men, forgiveness, long-suffering, and compassion, the yielding up of self for others' sake. In this Brotherhood, self is forgotten; all ...
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  • of anger, hell, starvation, human, battleground, compassion, mercy and so forth. Zhiyi taught that through intense meditation one could discover the Buddha ...
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  • Avalokiteshvara (the bodhisattva of compassion) declares: :Form is emptiness, emptiness is form, :form does not differ from emptiness, emptiness ...
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  • against injustice; to that end love and compassion, rather than reason, better serve as the defining Christian measures of truth and goodness. ...
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  • of Chenrezig, the Bodhisattva of Compassion (the equivalent of Avalokitesvara). ===Red Hat and Yellow Hat Sects, Ka'ma and Sarma traditions=== ...
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  • quot; in Tibetan), known as the embodiment of compassion. All four schools of Tibetan Buddhism respect the Dalai Lama, although he is especially important ...
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  • believes strongly that all people deserve compassion and care in their suffering and dying. [http://www.salvationarmy.org/ihq/ipseuthanasia Positional ...
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  • – for gallantry in defeat, for courage, compassion and love. In the endless war against weakness and despair, these are the bright rally flags ...
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  • in the novel, is torn between his compassion for the "Handsome Sailor" and his martial adherence to the Articles of War. ...
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  • sadness of his life and his timidity moved the compassion of a young girl who insisted on marrying him, and proved a devoted wife to whom he became warmly ...
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  • induce a range of responses from love, compassion and goodwill, to fear, ... modern religious movements have stressed compassion and social justice, other ...
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