Three kinds of compassion
Three kinds of compassion (Wyl. snying rje gsum) -
- compassion focused on sentient beings,
- compassion focused on phenomena; and
- compassion without focus.
Commentary
Khenpo Namdrol explains: “Compassion focused on sentient beings is the wish that beings might be free from their suffering, without any thought as to whether those beings are permanent or impermanent, truly existent or illusory. Then, compassion focused on phenomena is a similar wish that beings might be free from suffering, made in the knowledge that those beings are impermanent. Compassion without focus is the wish that suffering beings might be free from suffering and attain enlightenment, complete with the knowledge that those beings lack any true existence.”