The four immeasurables
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yahoojanem on July 22, 2011
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Buddhism
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Love | Unlike ordinary definitions of this concept which generally involve attachment of one sort or another, in Buddhism it means an unselfish interest in and commitment to another's welfare. |
| Compassion | Is the desire that others be free from suffeing and involves the capacity to feel wiht another and to feel the urge to help |
| Sympathetic joy | Is spontaneous happiness at another's good fortune. It rests on the recognition that all sentient beings are capable of bliss as all can become Buddhas |
| Aqunimity | Is not to distinguish between friend, enemy or stranger, but to regard evry sentient being as equal. It involves clear-mindedness, and tranquility. Its opposite is indifference |
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