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Jinpa defines compassion as follows: “Compassion is a mental state endowed with a sense of concern for the suffering of others and aspiration to see that suffering relieved.”
Specifically, he defines compassion as having three components:
A cognitive component: “I understand you”
An affective component: “I feel for you”
A motivational component: “I want to help you”
By Chade-Meng Tan
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