Compassion
29 books featuring this theme
Compassion is responsive concern for suffering that motivates aid or mercy. It reframes power as care and reorients justice with mitigating grace.
The Iliad
Homer
750-700 BCE
Greek
Journey to the West
Wu Cheng'en
1592 CE
East Asian, Chinese
Dhammapada
Anonymous
100 BCE
Indian, Buddhist
Heart Sutra
Anonymous
400-700 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Lotus Sutra
Anonymous
100-300 CE
Indian, Buddhist
The Descent of Inanna
Anonymous
1900-1600 BCE
Mesopotamian, Sumerian
Prometheus Bound
Aeschylus
500-400 BCE
Greek
Diamond Sutra
Anonymous
401-868 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Jātaka Tales
Anonymous
100 BCE-500 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Bhagavata Purana
Anonymous
800-1000 CE
Indian, Hindu
Tibetan Book of the Dead
Padmasambhava
1300-1400 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Parzival
Wolfram von Eschenbach
1200-1210 CE
Germanic
Flower Ornament Sutra
Anonymous
300-800 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Lalitavistara Sūtra
Anonymous
300-400 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra
Anonymous
300-500 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Shiva Purana
Anonymous
900-1400 CE
Indian, Hindu
Vimalakīrti Sūtra
Anonymous
200-500 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Vishnu Purana
Anonymous
300-600 CE
Indian, Hindu
Book of the Heavenly Cow
Anonymous
1290-1150 BCE
Egyptian
Ajax
Sophocles
450 BCE
Greek
Buddhacarita
Ashvaghosha
1-200 CE
Indian, Buddhist
Manimekalai
Sattanar
400-600 CE
Indian, Hindu
Padma Purana
Anonymous
300-1500 CE
Indian, Hindu
Skanda Purana
Anonymous
600-1200 CE
Indian, Hindu