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How to say compassion (wishing others free of suffering)
in Thai
กรุณา
gà-rú-naa
compassion (wishing others free of suffering)
gà lowrú highnaa mid
Same word as the formal 'please', in its original sense. Second of the four sublime states.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- formal
In a sentence
- เมตตา กรุณา มุทิตา อุเบกขาmêet-dtaa gà-rú-naa mú-tí-taa ù-bèek-kǎaloving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, equanimity
From the same situation: Dhamma vocabulary
- ธรรมะthe Dhamma, the Buddha's teaching
- ฟังธรรมto listen to a dhamma talk
- ธรรมบรรยายdhamma lecture
- พระพุทธเจ้าthe Buddha
- พระรัตนตรัยthe Triple Gem (Buddha, Dhamma, Sangha)
- ตรัสรู้to attain enlightenment (of the Buddha)
- ศรัทธาfaith, confidence
- ปัญญาwisdom, insight
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