Compassion

Compassion, or karuna, is also at the transcendental and experiential heart of the Buddha’s teachings. ‘Compassion is that which makes the heart of the good move at the pain of others. It crushes and destroys the pain of others; thus, it is called compassion. It is called compassion because it shelters and embraces the distressed,’ said the Buddha. Scouts have to do a ‘good turn, every day’; perhaps this is an axiom that we can schedule into our busy lives.