"Avatamsaka Sutra" has a verse saying: "All Buddha Dharmas rely on kindness and compassion. Kindness and compassion again rely on expedient means." In Mahayana Buddhism, compassion and wisdom are the highest goals for Bodhisattva. The compassion in "Avatamsaka Sutra" is mainly about the Paramita of Making Offerings, and redemption of all sentient beings, so that all sentient beings can get the Buddha fruit. When Bodhisattva faces different sentient beings, the teaching and propaganda methods can also vary. This is the manifestation of facilitation wisdom. The purpose is to let all sentient beings know the methods and sequence that should be practiced on the way to self-realization and enlightenment. The core idea of "Analects of Confucius" is benevolence（kind-heartedness）. The "Analects of Confucius" believe that "benevolence" is fundamentally about being filial to parents and loving to brothers. The highest goal of Confucianism is to fill the world with "benevolence." The facilitation wisdom specified in "Yanzi's Spring and Autumn Annals" is mainly used in exhortations, and they can include backhanded compliments, scolding the locust while pointing at the mulberry, telling white lies and speaking words for confidence-building. These facilitation wisdom are meant to make the other party come to realize the truth, correct bad behaviors and change for the good. The ideas of universal love in Mozi are also related to compassion and facilitation wisdom.
The importance of this study is to compare the compassion in Avatamsaka Sutra with benevolence（kind-heartedness） in Analects of Confucius, explore the universal love in Mozi, and disntinguish between the facilitation wisdom in Avatamsaka Sutra, Yanzi's Spring and Autumn Annals and Mozi. Research results and relevant contributions: The author finds that the compassion in "Avatamsaka Sutra" can contain the benevolence（kind-heartedness） in "Analects of Confucius" and the universal love in "Mozi.” The facilitation wisdom in "Avatamsaka Sutra" can contain the facilitation wisdom in Yanzi's Spring and Autumn Annals.
