Brahmavihārā
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The ' (sublime attitudes, lit. "abodes of Brahma") is a series of four Buddhist virtues and the meditation practices made to cultivate them. They are also known as the four immeasurables (Pāli: ) or four infinite minds' (Chinese: ). The are: loving-kindness or benevolence () compassion () empathetic joy () equanimity ()
Key facts
- Buddhist term.title
- Brahmavihāra
- Buddhist term.en
- four divine abodes
- Buddhist term.pi
- cattāro brahmavihārā
- Buddhist term.my
- ဗြဟ္မဝိဟာရတရားလေးပါး
- Buddhist term.zh
- 四無量心
- Buddhist term.zh Latn
- sì wúliàng xīn
- Buddhist term.ja
- 四無量心
- Buddhist term.ja Latn
- shimuryōshin
- Buddhist term.km
- ព្រហ្មវិហារ
- Buddhist term.km Latn
- prôhmâvĭhar
- Buddhist term.ko
- 사무량심
- Buddhist term.ko Latn
- samulyangsim
- Buddhist term.lo
- ພົມວິຫານ
- Buddhist term.lo Latn
- phomwihan
- Buddhist term.si
- සතර බ්රහ්ම විහරණ (sathara brahma viharana)
- Buddhist term.tl
- Blahmabihala
- Buddhist term.th
- พรหมวิหาร
- Buddhist term.th Latn
- phrom wihan
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11 sectionsContents
- Etymology and translations
- The {{transliteration|pi|brahmavihārā}}
- Early Buddhism
- ''Visuddhimagga''
- ''A Cavern of Treasures'' ({{transliteration|bo|mDzod-phug}})
- Origins
- References
- Sources
- See also
- Further reading
- External links
The ' (sublime attitudes, lit. "abodes of Brahma") is a series of four Buddhist virtues and the meditation practices made to cultivate them. They are also known as the four immeasurables (Pāli: ) or four infinite minds' (Chinese: ). The are: loving-kindness or benevolence () compassion () empathetic joy () equanimity ()
According to the Metta Sutta, cultivation of the four immeasurables has the power to cause the practitioner to be reborn into a "Brahma realm" (Pāli: ).