snying rje chen po

snying rje chen po

A specific state of mind resulting from the four abodes of Brahma and defined as the wish to liberate all beings from suffering.

See http://read.84000.co/translation/UT22084-031-002.html#UT22084-031-002-255.

This refers to one of the two central qualities of buddhas or high bodhisattvas: their feeling born of the wish for all living beings to be free of suffering and to attain the supreme happiness. It is important to note that this great compassion has nothing to do with any sentimental emotion such as that stimulated by such a reflection as "Oh, the poor creatures! How they are suffering!" On the contrary, great compassion is accompanied by the clear awareness that ultimately there are no such things as living beings, suffering, etc., in reality. Thus it is a sensitivity that does not entertain any dualistic notion of subject and object; indeed, such an unlimited sensitivity might best be termed "empathy."

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