The Four Sublime States The Practice Of Loving Kindness
Download The Four Sublime States The Practice Of Loving Kindness full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online free The Four Sublime States The Practice Of Loving Kindness ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Author | : Nyanaponika Thera |
Publisher | : Buddhist Publication Society |
Total Pages | : 65 |
Release | : 1998-12-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9552401704 |
Download The Four Sublime States & The Practice of Loving Kindness Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This booklet contains two essays: Four Sublime States by Ven. Nyanaponika Thera and The Practice of Loving-Kindness by Ven. Nanamoli Thera. The “four sublime states”, known as the brahmavihara are the lofty mental states of love, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity. Ven. Nyanaponika gives a brief description of all four with a section of contemplation exercises for each. He concludes with a section on the inter-relationship of all four. Ven. Nanamoli's essay focuses on the basic brahmavihara of metta, translating for us in his lucid style the key passages from the Pali Canon in which the Buddha taught the practice of metta.
Author | : Nyanaponika Thera |
Publisher | : BPS Pariyatti Editions |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2021-05-15 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781681723853 |
Download The Four Sublime States and the Practice of Loving Kindness (Metta) Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : David Tuffley |
Publisher | : CreateSpace |
Total Pages | : 46 |
Release | : 2012-02-09 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9781470053895 |
Download The Four Sublime States Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The Four Sublime States were a subject very dear to the heart of the Buddha. He spoke of them often. A person can achieve rebirth in a Brahma realm through the practice and attainment of the Four Sublime States; unconditional love, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity. Sometimes called the Brahmaviharas (or divine abodes) they describe an attainable divine state in which your mind, imbued with the virtues of the four states reaches out to embrace the entire world and all of the sentient creatures within it. The Four Sublime States are the best possible relationship with the world and everyone in it. They also offer the possibility of liberation from the cycle of re-birth when your time comes to leave this life. Could there be a more worthy goal in life than this? The Buddha urged people to adopt these sublime states as their habitual state of mind. This book outlines a way for you to cultivate these states of mind which have great practical value for how you relate to the world. They engender harmony and good-will with others and with society as a whole. They act as levellers of social barriers, and makes us feel generous towards others as we widen our circle of care to include everyone in the world, not just our immediate family and friends. A mind that has attained the four states is untroubled by random thoughts and petty considerations. The consciousness that flows through it is calm and majestic, like a mighty river fed from pure mountain springs. The river flows into the sea but the sea level does not rise because an equal amount of water has evaporated, become clouds, and then fallen as rain on the mountain again. This dynamic process illustrates the essence of equanimity. With the four sublime states firmly established and working in dynamic harmony, mindfulness blends with faith, courage with serenity, and insight with strength of purpose. They combine to make you an unstoppable force of nature. You are no longer prone to being trapped in the labyrinth of your own base nature, you have risen above it. Your mind becomes like a facetted jewel. The light that comes into it is reflected back out to the world as a beautiful focussed beam of light; healing, dynamic, divine.
Author | : Ācariya Buddharakkhita |
Publisher | : Pariyatti |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1681723697 |
Download Mettā Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The Pali word mettā; is a multi-significant term meaning loving-kindness, friendliness, goodwill, etc. If these qualities of mettā are sufficiently cultivated through mettābhāvanā the meditation on universal love the result is the acquisition of a tremendous inner power which preserves, protects and heals both oneself and others. The present booklet aims at exploring the various facets of mettā both in theory and in practice. The examination of the doctrinal and ethical side of mettā will proceed through a study of the popular Karaniyametta Sutta, the Buddha s Discourse of Universal Love and several other short texts. The explanation of the meditation on universal love will give practical directions for developing this type of contemplation as set forth in the main meditation texts of the Theravada Buddhist tradition.
Author | : Nyanaponika Thera |
Publisher | : Pariyatti |
Total Pages | : 60 |
Release | : 2021-05-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1681723867 |
Download The Four Sublime States and the Practice of Loving Kindness (Metta) Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This booklet contains two essays: Four Sublime States by Ven. Nyanaponika Thera and the Practice of Loving-Kindness (Metta) by Ven. Nanamoli Thera. The four sublime states , known as the brahmavihara are the lofty mental states of love, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity. Ven. Nyanaponika gives a brief description of all four with a section of contemplation exercises for each. He concludes with a section on the inter-relationship of all four. Ven. Nanamoli's essay focuses on the basic brahmavihara of metta, translating for us in his lucid style the key passages from the Pali Canon in which the Buddha taught the practice of metta.
Author | : Nyanatiloka A. Thera |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1998-09-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9789552401091 |
Download Four Sublime States Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Bill Scheffel |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Compassion |
ISBN | : 9781610593687 |
Download Loving-Kindness Meditation Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Loving-kindness is a spiritual belief and practice found in almost all religions, including Judaism, Christianity, and Buddhism. Its main tenet focuses on the intention of one person to direct good will and loving prayers to another person. Anyone who prays for the happiness, safety, and good health of a loved one or stranger is practicing loving-kindness. This book of teachings and meditations explains how to energize your own prayers and good wishes with the regular practice of the traditional Buddhist loving-kindness meditation. Bill Scheffel, a poet and teacher, explains how important it is to first offer yourself loving-kindness before you begin to offer that love and support to others. Illustrated with glorious full-color photography with quotes ranging from the Bible to poetry, Loving-kindness Meditation is a one-of-a-kind explanation of a prayer common to us all: The prayer for love and peace for all people. Book jacket.
Author | : Analayo |
Publisher | : Windhorse Publications |
Total Pages | : 163 |
Release | : 2015-07-27 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1909314625 |
Download Compassion and Emptiness in Early Buddhist Meditation Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Analayo investigates the meditative practices of compassion and emptiness by examining and interpreting material from the early Buddhist discourses. Similar to his previous study of satipaa'-a'-hana, he brings a new dimension to our understanding by comparing Pali texts with versions that have survived in Chinese, Sanskrit and Tibetan. The result is a wide-ranging exploration of what these practices meant in early Buddhism.
Author | : Christina Feldman |
Publisher | : Shambhala Publications |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2017-03-07 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0834840634 |
Download Boundless Heart Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
An esteemed Insight Meditation teacher leads you through the sublime qualities of Buddhism—kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity—and how they can enrich your life Compassion, kindness, equanimity, and joy are not only the fruits of the awakened life but also the path to it—attitudes of mind that can be cultivated through intention and dedication. Also known as the brahma viharas (sublime abodes) and the “Four Immeasurables,” these enobling qualities are far more than simply the “feel-good” states they are often mistaken for. They must be pursued sincerely as a spiritual practice—not just as a means of getting a “spiritual high”—in order to experience the full extent of their power. In Boundless Heart, Christina Feldman presents teachings on the Four Immeasurables, exploring how they balance each other in a way that enhances them all. Her simple practices will lead you toward a life infused with kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity—and to a way of being that promotes those qualities to the world at large.
Author | : Gil Fronsdal |
Publisher | : Insight Meditation Center |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2008-02 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 061516286X |
Download The Issue at Hand Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Essays on Buddhist Mindfulness Practice. An inspiring and very accessible compilation of essays and edited talks on the Buddhist practice of mindfulness. As Gil Fronsdal states, "the search for the issue at hand is the search for what is closest at hand, for what is directly seen, heard, smelt, tasted, felt, and cognized in the present." Gil brings the practice of mindfulness not only to formal meditation but to all the varying aspects of every day life.