Buddhism
The Metta Sutta encourages goodwill without limiting it to friends or people who are useful to us. It also connects this disposition with honest, gentle behaviour.
Buddhism and Judaism
Both traditions have material on the themes below. Their religious context and reasons may differ.
Compassion
Judaism
Chesed is loving-kindness; gemilut chasadim means acts of loving-kindness. Pirkei Avot 1:2 places such acts alongside Torah and divine service as foundations of the world. The teaching gives care a central place in religious life.
Charity
Buddhism
Dana, generosity, includes material giving and support for religious communities. In many Buddhist settings, laypeople provide food and other necessities to monastics. Giving is associated with reducing attachment and cultivating merit, a religious understanding of the beneficial significance of good actions.
Judaism
Maimonides' discussion of giving ranks help that enables a person to support themselves above anonymous giving. Gifts, loans, partnerships, or employment can serve that aim. Anonymous help is also highly valued for protecting the recipient from embarrassment.
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