Swami Mukundananda
What are the two kinds of compassion, and which is higher?
Two kinds of compassion
Compassion is of two kinds: pity for a person's bodily suffering, and the compassion of saints and Bhagwan. Pity for the body is admirable, but it is not established in knowledge.
One kind is feeling pity on seeing someone's physical suffering: the poor one is afflicted, hungry, blind. Feeling pity for the body is admirable, but it is not established in knowledge.