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Mudita Buddhism

Mudita

Muditā (co-joy, recognition) is a central concept in Buddhist mind training and ethics. Muditā is part of the Four Immeasurables (Appamaññā) - also called the "Four Divine Abiding States" (Brahmavihara).Compassionate...

Mudita

Muditā (co-joy, recognition) is a central concept in Buddhist mind training and ethics. Muditā is part of the Four Immeasurables (Appamaññā) - also called the "Four Divine Abiding States" (Brahmavihara).Compassionate...

Karuna Buddhism

Karuna

Karuṇā (IAST; devanāgarī: करुणा) in Pāli and Sanskrit, Tibetan: སྙིངརྗེ, Wylie: snying-rje, THL: Nyingje; translated into French as compassion or "tenderness, affection, " is central to Buddhist thought in general,...

Karuna

Karuṇā (IAST; devanāgarī: करुणा) in Pāli and Sanskrit, Tibetan: སྙིངརྗེ, Wylie: snying-rje, THL: Nyingje; translated into French as compassion or "tenderness, affection, " is central to Buddhist thought in general,...

Maitri Buddhism

Maitri

Maitrī is a Sanskrit term (mettā in pāli) meaning benevolence, or love, or more precisely "loving-kindness," the primary meaning being friendship, brotherhood (universal friendship, in Jainism and Patanjali's Raja Yoga,...

Maitri

Maitrī is a Sanskrit term (mettā in pāli) meaning benevolence, or love, or more precisely "loving-kindness," the primary meaning being friendship, brotherhood (universal friendship, in Jainism and Patanjali's Raja Yoga,...

Brahmavihara Buddhism

Brahmavihara

Brahmavihāra is a Buddhist term meaning "The Four Celestial Abiding States" or "The Four Immeasurables" (pali: appamaññā, skt.: apramana). The Brahmavihāras are the basis for meditation practices (brahmavihāra-bhāvanā) in Theravada...

Brahmavihara

Brahmavihāra is a Buddhist term meaning "The Four Celestial Abiding States" or "The Four Immeasurables" (pali: appamaññā, skt.: apramana). The Brahmavihāras are the basis for meditation practices (brahmavihāra-bhāvanā) in Theravada...

Bhavana Buddhism

Bhavana

Bhavana (Sanskrit: bhāvana or bhāvanā ; Pali: bhāvanā) means "mental creation ", "mental development", "meditation", "contemplation " or "practice ".Used in Buddhism and certain schools of Indian philosophy, this term...

Bhavana

Bhavana (Sanskrit: bhāvana or bhāvanā ; Pali: bhāvanā) means "mental creation ", "mental development", "meditation", "contemplation " or "practice ".Used in Buddhism and certain schools of Indian philosophy, this term...

Theravada Buddhism

Theravada

Theravāda (Sanskrit: Sthaviravāda 'doctrine of the elders') is one of the Nikaya schools that formed early Buddhism in India and preserved the Buddha's teachings in the Pāli Canon. The Pāli...

Theravada

Theravāda (Sanskrit: Sthaviravāda 'doctrine of the elders') is one of the Nikaya schools that formed early Buddhism in India and preserved the Buddha's teachings in the Pāli Canon. The Pāli...