Compassion vs Guanyin - What's the difference?
compassion | guanyin |
Deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it
* 1849 , Robert Leighton (Archbishop of Glasgow), A practical commentary upon the first Epistle of St. Peter (page 47)
(obsolete) To pity.
* 1607 , , IV. i. 124:
The bodhisattva of compassion, venerated by Buddhists in East and Southeast Asia; depicted variously as male or female.
As a noun compassion
is deep awareness of the suffering of another, coupled with the wish to relieve it.As a verb compassion
is (obsolete) to pity.As a proper noun guanyin is
the bodhisattva of compassion, venerated by buddhists in east and southeast asia; depicted variously as male or female.compassion
English
Noun
- Oh! the unspeakable privilege to have Him for our Father, who is the Father of mercies and compassions , and those not barren, fruitless pityings, for He is withal the God of all consolations.
Synonyms
* empathy, pity, ruth, tenderheartedness, sorrow * kindness, heart, mercyDerived terms
* compassionate * compassion fatigueVerb
(en verb)- O heavens, can you hear a good man groan / And not relent, or not compassion him?