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The Metta Sutta is a 10-verse saying in the Pali Canon of Theravada Buddhism. The Pali word ‘metta’ means ‘loving kindness’ or ‘friendliness’ and ‘sutta’ means ‘discourse’. Metta is 1 of the 10 Paramita or ‘perfections’ required for buddhahood, which is a state of perfect enlightenment. Metta meditation is a means of cultivating the Four Brahmavihara or ‘sublime attitudes’ ... Science of the HeartScience of the Heart ... Download. ... Podcasts ... ....
The Examiner 2013-05-19The ancient Greeks had four words for love. They are storge (familial love), philia (friendship love), agape (selfless love), and eros (intimate love). By contrast, the Buddhist tradition teaches the four Brahmaviharas or the four immeasurables. metta (loving kindness), karuna, (compassion), mudita (sympathetic joy), and upekkha (equanimity). The former are types of affection. By contrast, the latter are attitudes towards affection ... Love ... ....
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Business Wire 2013-01-08The brahmavihāras (sublime attitudes, lit. "abodes of brahma") are a series of four Buddhist virtues and the meditation practices made to cultivate them. They are also known as the four immeasurables (Sanskrit: apramāṇa, Pāli: appamaññā).
According to the Metta Sutta, Shākyamuni Buddha held that cultivation of the four immeasurables has the power to cause the practitioner to be reborn into a Brahma realm (Pāli: Brahmaloka). The meditator is instructed to radiate out to all beings in all directions the mental states of: 1) loving-kindness or benevolence, 2) compassion, 3) empathetic joy, and, 4) equanimity. The four immeasurables are also found in Patañjali's Yoga Sutras (1.33), a text composed long after the beginning of Buddhism and substantially influenced by Buddhism. These virtues are also highly regarded by Buddhists as powerful antidotes to negative mental states (non-virtues) such as avarice, anger and pride.
Brahmavihāra means “Brahma abidings”, or "sublime attitudes." It may be parsed as "Brahma" and "vihāra"; which is often rendered into English as "sublime" or "divine abodes".