何为慈悲？慈，与乐也，是给他人带去快乐。悲，拔苦也，是令他人从痛苦解脱。大慈大悲，是说菩萨能对一切众生生起慈悲之心，既说明慈悲的广大，也代表慈悲的深刻和圆满。
What are loving kindness and compassion? Loving kindness is to give joy, to bring happiness to others. Compassion is to remove agony, to liberate others from suffering. Great loving kindness and compassion refer to what Bodhisattvas arouse for all sentient beings, which not only demonstrates the vastness of compassion, but also represents the profoundness and completeness of compassion.