I Can't Believe It's Not Buddha! by Bodhipaksa

Author:Bodhipaksa
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Parallax Press
Published: 2018-11-05T16:00:00+00:00

Whatever living beings there may be,

Whether fearful or self-possessed,

Without exception,

Whether large, great, middling, or small,

Whether tiny or substantial,

Whether seen or unseen,

Whether living near or far,

Born or unborn;

May all beings be happy.

Let none deceive or despise another anywhere.

Let none wish harm to another,

In anger or in hate.

In the Buddha’s teaching, empathy doesn’t depend on us having been all the types of beings we’re encouraged to develop kindness toward. What’s important is to cultivate an empathetic awareness that other beings’ happiness and suffering are as real to them as ours are to us, and therefore to treat them with respect and kindness.

As one of the Buddha’s teachings says, “What is displeasing and disagreeable to me is displeasing and disagreeable to the other, too. How can I inflict upon another what is displeasing and disagreeable to me?”

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