Essays on the Main/About Love-Compassion About Love-CompassionOnce, an official of a far-eastern republic within Russia appeared on TV. With joy, he said that the whalers of his region had recently killed a huge whale using a harpoon and rifles! The anchor of the TV program asked: “And you did not feel pity?” “But we didn’t kill it, we earned a livelihood! There is a big difference!” — the official exclaimed, trying to sound like a wise man. … Such are the ways that people change words to hide the truth from themselves and others… And what must it have been like for this beautiful animal to die with the terrible pain of the harpoon in its body? He did not even think about this… Other’s pain — as opposed to one’s own pain — is easily endured by most of the people around us… … That official and all like him still have a long way to go before they can incorporate love-compassion into their mentalities… And without it…
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