DISCOURSES & TALKS BY MEHER BABA

MERCY  &  COMPASSION

4 September, 1928

Baba's mood became serious and he revealed the difference between mercy and compassion:

Mercy is one thing and compassion is something else. I do not show mercy in the ordinary, worldly sense, but I do have compassion. For example, two people see a man shivering — freezing to death in the cold. One feels sorry for him, but walks past. The other feels no pity, but realizes the man needs covering. So he takes off his coat and gives it to the man, thereby exposing himself to the cold. That is compassion.

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