Core tenet of Buddhism
Compassion extends to all sentient beings.
Metta and karuna are trained, not merely felt — practices, not moods.
Understanding it — context, not catechism: how this passage is held
Metta — usually "loving-kindness" — is trained, not merely felt: extended deliberately outward in widening rings from oneself to all beings without exception. In the Buddhist analysis compassion is not an ornament of the path; it is what wisdom looks like when it meets other beings.
From the sources — the passages this rests on; concise renderings, cited
As a mother would guard her only child with her life, so let one cultivate a boundless heart toward all beings.
Karaniya Metta Sutta — Snp 1.8
The same ground, other faiths
claims that share this one's ideas
Ahimsa — do no harm.
Hinduism · precept
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The panjrapole.
Jainism · community
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The suffering of living things.
Judaism · precept
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The ox and the bell.
Confucianism · story
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Take it easy, and do not preach about it.
Dudeism (The Church of the Latter-Day Dude) · precept
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Love of God and neighbor is the whole law.
Christianity
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