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>>8078243
stop being pleb, use these words which are more natural to patricians


(‘here-’ words) here; hereabout, hereabouts, hereafter, hereagain, hereagainst, hereas, hereat, herebefore, hereby, herefore, herefrom, herein, hereinafter, hereinbefore, hereinto, hereof, hereon, hereto, heretofore, hereunder, hereunto, hereupon, herewith, herewithal
(‘there-’ words) there; thereabout, thereabouts, thereafter, thereagain, thereagainst, thereamong, thereas, thereat, therebefore, therebeside, thereby, therefore, therefrom, therein, thereinafter, thereinbefore, thereinto, thereof, thereon, thereto, theretofore, thereunder, thereunto, thereupon, therewith, therewithal
(‘where-’ words) where; whereabout, whereabouts, whereafter, whereagain, whereagainst, whereamong, whereas, whereat, wherebefore, whereby, wherefore, wherefrom, wherein, whereinafter, whereinbefore, whereinto, whereof, whereon, whereto, wheretofore, whereunder, whereunto, whereupon, wherewith, wherewithal

>>6661580
I have question on compassion, since the last thread of >>6662688 died.

Take the situation of a person A, attacking, humiliating, nagging (whatever actions which are deemed bad) a person C.

If C is me, a monk, I must endure the person A, or at least, I must not be bothered by him, get on my day etc, because there is no self, no safe place.

If C is another monk, I know that the monk has no self, has no safe place and he knows what to do.

if C is a civilian, the principle of compassion says (or does it?) that I must help C in telling A to stop.
My question is why. why should I endure A, as much as I can (which is, as monk, a lot comparing to the average guy), but save C from A when C is a civilian.

There seems to be some relativity when it comes to give help. I must help others than I must help me. But if there is no self, if we are all made of some universal substance, why should I discriminate between me and the civilian C ?
After all, it is the fault of C to be nagged by A, since if C was some monk, he would not be pertured one bit by A. My help towards C would be the advise to become a monk, to adopt the buddhist view, to stop thinking that there is a safe place etc.

I ask not in order to say that I matter more than C, but rather to understand what concrete forms take the compassion in buddhism.