Capacity Quote by Joan Halifax
“Compassion may be defined as the capacity to be attentive to the experience of others, to wish the best for others, and to sense what will truly serve others.”
“Compassion may be defined as the capacity to be attentive to the experience of others, to wish the best for others, and to sense what will truly serve others.”
![“We have been teaching together [with Kaz] now for more than twenty years in sesshins, in international travel programs in Japan and China, as well as intensives on Buddhism that focus on the work of Zen Master Dogen and Ryokan, as well as on many of the Mahayana sutras.” quote by Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a23/joan-halifax-11817_buddhism_we-have-been-teaching-together-with-kaz_210232.jpg)
![“[Kaz] is a great scholar, very funny - a true man of no rank!” quote by Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9d0/joan-halifax-11817_men_kaz-is-a-great-scholar-very-funny-a-true_589104.jpg)
![“I remember having a discussion with [Kaz] about his translation of the word shunyata as "boundlessness," instead of the more traditional "emptiness." I said: "Kaz, everyone is used to the word emptiness for shunyata. This might not sit well with people. He said: "Translator's prerogative!" Then he…” quote by Joan Halifax](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/410/joan-halifax-11817_assuming_i-remember-having-a-discussion-with-kaz_727693.jpg)
