| Title | : | The Four Sublime States and The Practice of Loving- Kindness (Metta) |
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| Author | : | Nyanaponika Thera |
| Release | : | 2022-01-07 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Spirituality, Books, Health, Mind & Body |
| Size | : | 698078 |
| This booklet contains two essays: The Four Sublime States: Contemplations on Love, Compassion, Sympathetic Joy, and Equanimity by Nyanaponika Thera and The Practice of Loving-Kindness (Mettā): As Taught by the Buddha in the Pali Canon by Ñāṇamoli Thera. The “four sublime states,” known as the Brahma-vihāras, are the lofty mental states of love, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity. Ven. Nyanaponika gives us a brief description of all four with a section of contemplation exercises for each. He closes with a section on the interrelationship of all four. Ven. Ñāṇamoli’s essay focuses on the basic Brahma-vihāra of mettā, translating for us in his usual lucid style the key passages from the Pali Canon in which the Buddha taught the practice of mettā. |
