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 • Greek
Journey to the West
Wu Cheng'en • East Asian
Dhammapada
Anonymous • Indian
Heart Sutra
Anonymous • Indian
Lotus Sutra
Anonymous • Indian
The Descent of Inanna
Anonymous • Mesopotamian
Prometheus Bound
Aeschylus • Greek
Diamond Sutra
Anonymous • Indian
Jātaka Tales
Anonymous • Indian
Bhagavata Purana
Anonymous • Indian
Tibetan Book of the Dead
Padmasambhava • Indian
Parzival
Wolfram von Eschenbach • Germanic
Flower Ornament Sutra
Anonymous • Indian
Lalitavistara Sūtra
Anonymous • Indian
Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra
Anonymous • Indian
Shiva Purana
Anonymous • Indian
Vimalakīrti Sūtra
Anonymous • Indian
Vishnu Purana
Anonymous • Indian
Book of the Heavenly Cow
Anonymous • Egyptian
Ajax
Sophocles • Greek
Buddhacarita
Ashvaghosha • Indian
Manimekalai
Sattanar • Indian
Padma Purana
Anonymous • Indian
Skanda Purana
Anonymous • Indian