#platform/youtube #channel/Master-YongHua #playlist/dharma-glimpses  The one thing that we can all do is have sympathy one of the worst things that can happen to us is apathy says not my problem I'm glad I'm not in your shoes that's one of the worst things that you can do I came from that side I say oh it's your problem none of my business empathy is very very important that if we really don't care and say you know you know that is your problem you asked for it you came here legally and and you take jobs from us and so forth whatever the reasons you should look at the suffering they're undergoing and Have empathy for the suffering instead of passing judgment on them about right and wrong this is a wrong time to be righteous if you have wisdom then the basis of your actions should be empathy and sympathy it doesn't matter if it's right or wrong the book those people who have wisdom first look at the nature of the suffering and they have sympathy they said yeah I see you suffering and I feel for you if you didn't then you basically are saying to yourself to them that you ask for it you get what you deserve that's cold that's not Buddhist I know many of you will Disagree with me but this is I'm talking about Mayana Buddhism I'm not talking about hinana Buddhism where it still dwells on right and wrong and what's logical and makes sense or not in Mahayana the first thing is critical thing most important things for us is have empathy and have compassion if you want to really unfold your wisdom more and more your compassion needs to increase more and more not your sense of righteousness so that's the first thing you do number two you also need to understand we have limitations we can't help everyone okay so you try the best you can do to help okay and For example things you can do to help is that these people are suffering so you say okay let me transfer some Merit and virtue from my cultivation to you I hope they mature that's how you can help we can help in spirit spiritual ways it doesn't always have to be you know we need to give money we need to do this do that yes we can give them blessings you say yeah whatever happened doesn't matter what happened in the past but what we I can do for you is I look at your suffering you're suffering right now and I can't do much but I can Give you good blessings for you that will be helpful to you in the future because if it weren't for your suffering right now I wouldn't have a chance to give you some of my blessings does it make sense so you turn the current sufferings into future good things for them that's another way to help and of course there also another thing you can do when people are suffering they're fearful this is a chance for you to practice a giving of fearlessness meaning that you console them you comfort them and try to do things relieve the fears and their anxiety you know why because it's so Critical for your cultivation if you see people being fearful this is a fantastic I stress fantastic opportunity for you to practice the giving of fearlessness because it's going to help you in your road to Enlightenment so you want to be right orious or you want to be wise it's something you have to decide for yourself this is the way Marana practices you relieve suffering and you you you you help relieve the fears by just simply Landing sympathetic ears and comfort them and and then that's what you can do and higher Lev of people can actually relieves the fears in a much bigger and faster way But he has to start somewhere because you know one thing I know a little bit about Fe fear and Desperation personally you lose your dignity you lose yourself that's a terrible State that's why when you give people relief for their fears you actually are doing a lot more good and you realize you restoring you're helping restore their sense of self-worth their dignity and I personally feel is the last thing you can do to people is make them lose their dignity h