#platform/youtube #channel/Master-YongHua #playlist/dharma-seeds  The compassion starts with kindness. You want to be compassionate; you have to start by being kind. So that's why we put a lot of emphasis in kindness and compassion in our community. Having compassion—not... nevermind about great compassion yet. Being... having compassion—you cannot have great compassion until you start with compassion, and then you increase it. You expand compassion to more and more people—one step at a time. And to have compassion requires you to not be so preoccupied with yourself. Your secular life—you're constantly plotting and scheming for yourself. And, uh, instead of criticizing others, we should look at their suffering. When people are wrong, instead of blaming them, instead of criticizing them, instead of punishing them—when they're so wrong—you should learn to look at their suffering. When they're angry, look at their suffering. When they're greedy, look at their suffering. When they're stupid, look at their suffering. Don't blame them. That's how you develop compassion.