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The brahmavihārā (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: appamaññā) [1] or four infinite minds (Chinese: 四無量心). [2] The brahmavihārā are: loving-kindness or benevolence (mettā)
A. So as to arouse Bodhicitta, the main aspect, the Four Immeasurables (Brahmavihara) contemplation and practice: Immeasurable Loving-Kindness , Immeasurable Compassion , Immeasurable Joy in the Good Fortune of Others , Immeasurable Equanimity and; B. So as to aspire Bodhicitta: The Lojong (mind training) practices:
Ummon Zenji said: "Men of immeasurable greatness are tossed about in the ebb and flow of words." Of the Zen saying: "Buddha preached for forty-nine years, but his tongue never moved," the master Gensha said: "Pious teachers say that Buddhism helps us in every possible way, but think: how can it help the blind, the deaf, or the dumb?
The Four Divine Abodes (brahmavihārā), also known as the four immeasurables (appamaññā) The Four Noble Truths , which state, in brief: (1) There is dukkha (suffering, unease); (2) There is a cause of dukkha, mainly craving ( tanha ); (3) The removal of craving leads to the end ( nirodha ) of suffering, and (4) there is a path ( magga ) to ...
The Land of Pure Bliss, On the Nature of Faith & Practice in Greater Vehicle (Mahāyāna) Buddhism, Including a Full Translation of Shàndǎo’s Commentary in Four Parts Explaining The Scripture About Meditation on the Buddha ‘Of Infinite Life’ (Amitāyur Buddha Dhyāna Sūtra, 觀無量壽佛經), An Lac Publications. ISBN 978-1-7923-4208-0
[6] [4] It is a "late recension" type similar to the Tibetan edition. [4] There are also several fragments of another version in Sanskrit, along with fragments of Uighur, Khotanese, and Xixia translations. [4] According to Luis O. Gomez, there are some significant differences between the Sanskrit and the Chinese edition of Buddhabhadra ...
When the four bases of spiritual power have been developed and cultivated in this way, a bhikkhu wields the various kinds of spiritual power: having been one, he becomes many; having been many, he becomes one; he appears and vanishes; he goes unhindered through a wall, through a rampart, through a mountain as though through space; he dives in ...
[4] The post-script of the same paper notes that as the article went to press, scholar Mark Allon brought to the authors' attention "another set of birch-bark fragments, possibly from the same scroll or set of scrolls, containing a large section of Chapter 9 of the PRaS", [ 5 ] which the authors state will be included in a follow-up article in ...