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Full Idea
The storm-clouds thunder: Da! Da! Da! Damayata - be self-controlled! Datta - be charitable! Dayadhwam - be compassionate!
Gist of Idea
Damayata - be self-controlled! Datta - be charitable! Dayadhwam - be compassionate!
Source
Anon (Upan) (The Upanishads [c.950 BCE], 'Brihadaranyaka')
Book Ref
'The Upanishads', ed/tr. Prabhavananda /Manchester [Mentor 1957], p.112
A Reaction
Compassion seems to imply charity, so it comes down to 'Be self-controlled and compassionate'. Only the wildest romantic could be against self-control. Only Nietzsche could be against compassion (Idea 4425).
Related Idea
Idea 4425 The overcoming of pity I count among the noble virtues [Nietzsche]
| 8156 | The gods are not worshipped for their own sake, but for the sake of the Self [Anon (Upan)] |
| 8157 | A man with desires is continually reborn, until his desires are stilled [Anon (Upan)] |
| 8159 | Damayata - be self-controlled! Datta - be charitable! Dayadhwam - be compassionate! [Anon (Upan)] |
| 8145 | Those ignorant of Atman return as animals or plants, according to their merits [Anon (Upan)] |
| 7993 | Brahman is supreme, Atman his spirit in man, and Karma is the force of creation [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 5350 | The Hindu doctrine of reincarnation only appeared in the eighth century CE [Flanagan] |
| 7599 | Around 800 BCE teachers superseded gods in India [Armstrong,K] |
| 7474 | Hinduism has no founder, or prophet, or creed, or ecclesiastical structure [Watson] |