Dalai Lama | The Ethic of Compassion
The Dalai Lama presents levels of compassion, beginning with empathy, which can be developed into unconditional compassion toward all sentient beings, and finally expanded to "great compassion," or the sense of responsibility toward all others. The latter functions as an aspirational ideal, reminding us not to be biased toward those we already love. This impartiality functions as a more stable basis for compassion and is then a guide for everyday life.
-According to the Dalai Lama, compassion at a basic level can be understood as ___________ another's suffering.

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The Dalai Lama describes compassion at a basic level as empathy for another's suffering, which involves understanding and sharing the feelings of others.

Dalai Lama | the Ethic of Compassion