• The capacity to accept someone (self or other) exactly as they are in the present, which requires forgiveness of their past and hope for their future.
• The investment in reducing the suffering of a sentient being.
[Note: Compassion is not a sentiment or feeling but a state of mind; as such, it optimizes the quality of choices a mind generates, thereby supporting the pursuit of happiness.]
See also: Pity, State of Mind
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