Chanakya on Empathy

Lecturing on Srimad Bhagavatam 1.7.47-48 in Vrindabana on 6 October 1976, Srila Prabhupada said this about Canakya Pandita: ‘And from ordinary moral point of view, it is said by Canakya Pandita, atmavat sarva-bhutesu yah pasyati sa panditah. Anyone who can see in others, feeling like himself… If I cut your throat, you’ll feel pain. How I know it? Now, because if you cut my throat I’ll feel pain. So para-duhkha-duhkhi.’