慈悲为本

Traditional form:

慈悲為本

Pinyin (reading):

cíbēiwéiběn

Definitions:

• mercy as the guiding principle (idiom); the Buddhist teaching that nothing is valid except compassion

Characters:

• 慈 - gentle, humane, kind, merciful
• 悲 - sorrow, sadness, grief; to be sorry
• 为 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
• 本 - root, origin, source; basis

Traditional characters:

• 慈 - gentle, humane, kind, merciful
• 悲 - sorrow, sadness, grief; to be sorry
• 為 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
• 本 - root, origin, source; basis