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ARTICLES RELATED TO Compassion

Compassion: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary II on KARUNA

KARUNA: Compassion

(See also: KARUNA, Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)

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Compassion: Spiritual Yoga Dictionary III on Daya

Daya: Compassion for all creatures.

(See also: Daya, Yoga, Yoga Dictionary)

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Compassion: Zen and Buddhism Dictionary on Te

Te: In Taoism, te is physical power, the power of nature, the cosmos, man, and everything. In Confucianism, te also means compassion (ren). Compassion and power are important together.

(See also: Te, Buddhism, Body Mind and Soul)

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Compassion: Encyclopedia II - Mahayana - Headline text

The Mahayana scriptures were probably set in writing around the 1st century BCE. Some of them, such as the Perfection of Wisdom sutras, are presented as actual sermons of the Buddha had been hidden. By some accounts, these sermons were passed on by the oral tradition as with other sutras, but other accounts state that they were hidden and then revealed several centuries later by some mythological route. In addition to sutras, some Ma ...

(1) Because of their connections with water, boats may symbolize (some aspect of) the feminine, either with a plainly sexual reference or with reference to the unconscious (in the case of a male dreamer, the reference may be specifically to the anima), (See Anima/Animus or with reference to mother or Great Mother.

(2) Leaving one's own shores for a foreign country may symbolize entry into the unconscious insofar as the latter is unknown and frightening - alien, in fact.

(3) If the boat is crossing a narrow stretch of water, it may symbolize some type of transition: for example, moving from one phase of life to another, or making a new start and a clean break from the past.

(4) If in the dream you miss the boat, the meaning would seem to be obvious: you have failed to take advantage of an opportunity that has offered itself - perhaps an opportunity to open new vistas in your life.

Eric Ackroyd

Example in a Dream

You are in a boat drifting far from shore with sharks swimming all around you.

Possible meaning for a male: The boat would be an anima symbol representing the feminine aspects of the male psyche {compassion, tolerance, patience, ready to forgive}. Drifting far from shore would mean you are drifting away from these unifying feminine aspects. The sharks may represent those other internal aspects that want to assail you {in order to force you back to shore} or other people or circumstances in your waking life that are causing you to drift away from the natural feminine tendencies.

Possible meaning for a female: For a woman the meaning may have the same interpretation, you are drifting away from those essential feminine aspects. But it may also symbolize that you are moving away from those negative aspects {sharks} that can prevent you from an understanding of a higher self {the Great Mother}. It also may be a reference to your actual mother, an unconscious need or desire to move away from her destructive {sharks} attitudes. the meaning may have the same

(Source: Myths - Dreams - Symbols)

Boats, Boat, Ship, Ships, Water, Feminine, Feminine aspects, Sexual, Sexuality, Anima animus, Anima, Animus, Mother, Great Mother, Foreign country, Abroad, Boat crossing a narrow stretch of water, Miss the boat, Transportation, Harbor, Drifting boat, Compassion, Tolerance, Patience, Forgiveness, Sharks, Shark, Drifting away

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Compassion: Meaning of Dreams about Compass

Compass

To dream of a compass, denotes you will be forced to struggle in narrow limits, thus making elevation more toilsome but fuller of honor.
To dream of the compass or mariner's needle, foretells you will be surrounded by prosperous circumstances and honest people will favor you.
To see one pointing awry, foretells threatened loss and deception.

Source: 10 000 Dream Interpretations, by Gustavus Hindman Miller

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