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**hellenmoranov** · 07-07-2012, 06:40 AM

Kind of throwing a curve in the idea of compassion there my friend.
We as Buddhists should have compassion for all living beings. We can only do what we think is right. Helping to keep a person from being hungry, or otherwise suffering is not wrong action. We also can not control the situations that other beings live in, well for the most part.
What if instead of that child going the route you suggested, that child touched by the compassion shown to them, becomes one to help others.
We never know how our right actions can affect the outlook of a person on the world they live in.

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07-07-2012, 06:40 AM	#30
hellenmoranov Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 367 Senior Member	Kind of throwing a curve in the idea of compassion there my friend. We as Buddhists should have compassion for all living beings. We can only do what we think is right. Helping to keep a person from being hungry, or otherwise suffering is not wrong action. We also can not control the situations that other beings live in, well for the most part. What if instead of that child going the route you suggested, that child touched by the compassion shown to them, becomes one to help others. We never know how our right actions can affect the outlook of a person on the world they live in. With Metta
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