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Karuna ~ The Way of the Compassionate Heart

Karuna is translated into compassionate action, by means of ending all suffering and helping our fellow humans to find health, happiness, joy, love and purpose. Our lives were never meant to be miserable, unhappy and filled with disease. However we have become way too self centered and concerned with having and hoarding.

Now we come to realize that we are all connected, we are all One. One big human family. We come to the understanding that by helping one another and by sharing what we have, the abundance for all is increased. We all have more. More health, more joy, more happiness, more abundance. By sharing everything multiplies. When we treat one another with loving kindness it is being reflected back to us. What we send out comes back to us tenfold. Jesus gave us a simple rule to live by: Do onto your brother what you would have him do onto you.

The compassionate heart is kind, patient, generous and unconditionally loving.

"The wise man doth not accumulate.
The more he expends for others, the more doth he possess of his own.
The more he giveth to others, the more hath he for himself."

Lao-tsu

To have give all to all.
The Bodhisattva Chenresig, also known as Avalokiteshvara or Quan Yin, is said to be the embodiment of compassion (Karuna).

According to the Lotus Sutra Avalokiteshvara is "the one who is looking with the eyes of compassion and listening deeply to the cries of the world".

Chenresig (Sanskrit: Avalokiteshvara Boddhisattva of Compassion) The most common prayer in Tibetan Buddhism is the Om Mani Padme Hum (the jewel in the heart of the lotus), Mantra of Chenrezig (Avalokiteshvara), the Buddha of compassion.

Chenresig is also translated as "the compassionate eye that sees with the heart".

Chenresig is the embodiment of the infinite compassion of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. This image is dedicated to all kind teachers of the Dharma and especially to the long life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, recognized as the human incarnation of Chenresig. The Dalai Lama is a boddhisattva, a being who has voluntarily remained on Earth after achieving enlightenment in order to help and serve humanity.

Prayer Wheel Om ~ Mani ~ Padme ~ Hum
May the jewel of the lotus descend into your heart

The Om Mani Padme Hum is the most well known Mantra in Tibetan Buddhism.
The Buddhist begins to see all sentient beings as being the same as himself in desiring to avoid suffering and achieve happiness, thus recognizing the oneness of all humanity. That leads to a feeling of responsibility and a genuine desire to take physical action to help humanity alleviate its suffering ~ KARUNA.

Resources:
The Saddhana of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Dharma Haven
Chenresig Meditation
His Holiness The Dalai Lama
Buddhism Research online
Tibetan Source
Shingon Buddhist Institute Kannon Bosatsu
Tsurphu Foundation
The Ascended Masters Light the Way Dr. Joshua David Stone
Walking Between The Worlds ~ The Science of Compassion Gregg Braden