THE COMPASSION

The Concept of Compassion in Buddhism and Christianity

The Concept of Compassion in Buddhism and Christianity

Introduction

Compassion can be defined as a feeling of despair and pity for the suffering or misfortune of another, often including a desire to alleviate it. If we give the religions of the world to think seriously for a while, it becomes clear very quickly that the main purpose of all religions have yet to address the suffering of mankind and to bring love, peace and prosperity in the lives of ordinary people. Even the main purpose of the time, all religions of the world differ in the strategy for achieving the main common goal. Answering the question of how we can remove the suffering of human destiny? Each religion establishes several different principles to achieve the destiny. My purpose of writing this essay to understand how Christianity and Buddhism addresses of compassion in their philosophical outlook, using different characters and creating different systems to protect humanity from hatred, war, hunger and misery.

Discussion

Looking at Buddhism and Christianity, and their views on God, we can find a huge variety. Buddhists say that there is no God while Christians believe in a God who loves and affordable. In Buddhism, it is a separate quest to be free from desire. On the other hand, in the teachings of Jesus, have a personal relationship with a personal God. Although the two religions are very different in a sense, with respect to the nature of God, the objectives of these two religions are very similar and very different from other religions of the world: to be good.

People outside of Buddhism often think that Buddhists worship the Buddha. In fact, Buddhists do not worship any gods. Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama) never claimed to be divine, and Buddhists reject the notion of any supernatural ...