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The Pali commentaries distinguish between karuṇā and mettā in the following complementary manner: Karuna is the desire to remove harm and suffering (ahita-dukkha-apanaya-kāmatā) from others; while mettā is the desire to bring about the well-being and happiness (hita-sukha-upanaya-kāmatā) of others. [13]
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The earliest Buddhist art is from the Mauryan era (322 BCE – 184 BCE), there is little archeological evidence for pre-Mauryan period symbolism. [6] Early Buddhist art (circa 2nd century BCE to 2nd century CE) is commonly (but not exclusively) aniconic (i.e. lacking an anthropomorphic image), and instead used various symbols to depict the Buddha.
As symbol, it was incorporated into the Greek Tetractys by Jewish Kabbalistic occult tradition as an evolving arrangement of ten letters. In gematria, YHWH has a numerical value of 72 (center image). The right image contains the Tetragrammaton in tetractys formation, accompanied by the late-Renaissance Pentagrammaton, below. Tree of Life (Kabbalah)
Karna is a symbol of someone who is rejected by those who should love him but do not given the circumstances, yet becomes a man of exceptional abilities willing to give his love and life as a loyal friend. His character is developed in the epic to raise and discuss major emotional and dharma (duty, ethics, moral) dilemmas.
On his head is a crown, (and) within the crown is an emanation (i.e. an image) of the buddha Amitāyus. "In addition, he has four arms: the first right arm holds a rod, the second (right) arm grasps a lotus; the first left (arm) holds a wheel, (and) the second left (arm) holds a conch.
Karuna may refer to: Karuṇā, part of the spiritual path in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism; Karunas, Indian actor and politician; Karuna Kodithuwakku (born 1961), Sri Lankan politician; Karuna Nundy, Indian lawyer; Vinayagamoorthy Muralitharan (born 1966), also known as Colonel Karuna; Karuna, Finland, former municipality in Finland; Karuna ...
The Mettā Sutta is the name used for two Buddhist discourses (Pali: sutta) found in the Pali Canon.The one, more often chanted by Theravadin monks, is also referred to as Karaṇīyamettā Sutta after the opening word, Karaṇīyam, "(This is what) should be done."