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QUESTION: I often hear Buddhists talk about wisdom and compassion. What these two terms mean?

ANSWER: Some religions believe that compassion or love ( the two are very similar ) is the most important spiritual quality but they fail to develop any wisdom. the result is that you end up being a good-hearted fool, a very kind person but with little or no understanding. Other systems of thought, like science,m believe that wisdom can best be developed when all emotions, including compassion, are kept out of the way. the outcome of this is that science has tended to become preoccupied with results and has forgotten that science is to serve man, not to control and dominate him.k How, otherwise, could scientists have lent their skills to develop the nuclear bomb, germ warfare, and the like.Religion has alway seen reason and wisdom as the enemy of emotions like love and faith. Science has alway seen emotions like love and faith ad being enemies of reason and objectivity. And of course, as science progresses, religion declines. Buddhism. on the other hand, teaches that to be a truly balanced and complete individual, you must develop both wisdom and compassion. And because it is not dogmatic but based on experience , Buddhism has nothing to hear from science.