His Holiness Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje

"What we call compassion is the wish or desire to be capable of protecting sentient beings from suffering,” he began. “We could call it a sense of determination, a sense of courage or resolve. That is compassion. It is not merely something intellectual that belongs to the brain or that sphere of our experience. But rather it is a powerful heartfelt feeling or quality, one that must be sincere.              This is how I see it.”

— His Holiness Gyalwang Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje