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Karunā — Compassion

The quivering of the heart in the face of suffering.

NarratorJoanna MacyDuration9:40
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Karunā is not pity. It is the response of an undefended heart to the fact of suffering — your own, and everyone else's. It is one of the four immeasurables.

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