Compassion and loving-kindness

Religious education

In this unit pupils will examine practices in Buddhism such as puja and meditation. They will understand the considerable diversity of these practices among Buddhist adherents. Following that they wil look at the role of precepts and how these look different in Therevada and Mahayna Buddhism.

Islam and Buddhism: Practices

Compassion, known as {{}} in Buddhism, is the desire to help relieve the suffering of others.

Loving-kindness is known as {{}} in Buddhism and is a quality Buddhists try to develop for all beings.

Why is compassion (karuna) especially important in Mahayana Buddhism?

What is one way Buddhists might develop loving-kindness (metta)?

What is a common mistake people make about karuna and metta?

karuna is about suffering, metta is about happiness

metta is about helping, karuna is about loving

What is the difference between karuna and metta?

Buddhists believe that a person is {{}} after death, continuing the cycle of samsara.

What do Buddhists hope to achieve by escaping samsara?

Why is acting with compassion (karuna) important in Buddhism?

What do most Mahayana Buddhists aim for after gaining enlightenment?

Which of the following is one of the Five Moral Precepts?

that a permanent soul is reborn each time

What is a common misunderstanding about karma and rebirth in Buddhism?

Starter Quiz