Daya - Compassion
Deep empathy for all beings that moves one to alleviate suffering wherever possible.
Daya is not mere sympathy but active compassion that responds to suffering. It recognizes the Divine in all beings and cannot remain passive when others are in pain.
Compassion is the root of righteousness.
Daya is the emotional foundation of ethical action in Sikhism.
Guru Granth Sahib
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- What Sikhism says about compassion
One of the five virtues. The library describes it as compassion that responds and acts, not sympathy that watches.