Carl Klutzke (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} sirvalence) wrote,@ 2008-09-09 08:00:00 |
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Mudita
This morning as I waited to cross the street, I moved away from the puddle along the curb, in case a car chose to deliberately drive through it in order to spray me. I pondered schadenfreude, and it made me sad to think that I didn't know a word that meant its opposite, in the sense of "taking delight in the joy of others".
Fortunately, there is a Buddhist word for the concept: mudita. I wish it were more common, but I suppose it isn't as inherently interesting.
This morning as I waited to cross the street, I moved away from the puddle along the curb, in case a car chose to deliberately drive through it in order to spray me. I pondered schadenfreude, and it made me sad to think that I didn't know a word that meant its opposite, in the sense of "taking delight in the joy of others".
Fortunately, there is a Buddhist word for the concept: mudita. I wish it were more common, but I suppose it isn't as inherently interesting.
