Karmapa emphasises on compassion

A Tibetan spiritual leader today said, "Compassionate action must not be treated as business."

Addressing students and faculty of the Ambedkar University in Delhi today, the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje explained the concept about the responsibility to care for others in this global village.

"When we cease to see ourselves as separate, we do not disappear, but rather see ourselves as part of others," he said.

"Compassionate action must not be treated as business," he said, adding "It can be seen as a creative, rather than a commercial, undertaking."

"Our compassion can be something that beautifies the world, rather than something we do in hopes of gaining something for ourselves," the Karmapa emphasised.