Question

Is it right to say that to have compassion or to care means to wish and try to help oneself or others to react more wisely in any situation that occurs with some understanding of the Law of Kamma.

Answer

Yes, it's okay to word it in that way. When we have compassion for others, we really wish to help them, we want them to react more wisely, we want to react wisely too. We have to develop the understanding of the Law of Kamma, so that we can react wisely. This is why we encourage you as one of our reflections, to reflect on actions and results of actions, over and over and over. Try to understand, if you do this, what is going to be the result? You have to get this in there over and over and over so that then in your life, when some Dukkha comes, you may have more wisdom as to how to react to it, thereby not creating more Dukkha.

Our apologies if there are any errors in the above text. If anything seems to be wrong or confusing in any way, please feel free to contact the teachers for further clarification.