Power of compassion can be defined as 'sympathetic consciousness of other's distress together with the wish to ease it'. To experience the far reaching power of compassion in our lives, one requires intention, consciousness and heartfelt action. As mentioned above, to fully express you the power of compassion, it requires combination of sympathetic consciousness and a wish to ease it. But with that, it also requires intention and heartfelt action.
Pamela Bloom, an author of a book 'From victim to liberator: The power of Compassion' has described the beauty of power of compassion. She has mentioned about Rinpoche and his elderly master who were imprisoned inside Tibet as victims of Chinese persecution. They were undergone roughest torture, chained together in dark and dirty cell. Whenever they used to close their eyes they were beaten but Chinese does not know that when they keep their eyes open they are meditating. Both of them continued their meditation and prayer in secret. One night Rinpoche's elder master died next to him in the cell. After many years of torture one day out of blue jailers asked him that what he is doing and tried martial arts on him but they experienced as if they met some a power but were unable to understand. Jailer said they want to learn as they want to be stronger than him. Imagine that monk taught them the compassion meditation. So this shows the power of compassion that transcends the ordinary man. Chinese jailors suddenly announced to release the Tibetan Buddhist.
Power of compassion is something which takes you to light and benefits people in all walks of life.
