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Mettā meditation, or often "loving-kindness meditation", is the practice concerned with the cultivation of mettā, i.e. benevolence, kindness, and amity. The practice generally consists of silent repetitions of phrases such as "may you be happy" or "may you be free from suffering", for example directed at a person who, depending on tradition ...
It is ten verses in length and it extols both the virtuous qualities and the meditative development of mettā (Pali), traditionally translated as "loving kindness" [2] or "friendliness". [3] Additionally, Thanissaro Bhikkhu's translation, [ 4 ] "goodwill", underscores that the practice is used to develop wishes for unconditional goodwill ...
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)
The five main types of meditation in these sutras are: anapanasati (mindfulness of breathing), paṭikūlamanasikāra meditation - mindfulness of the impurities of the body, loving-kindness maitrī meditation, the contemplation on the twelve links of pratītyasamutpāda, the contemplation on the Buddha's thirty-two Characteristics.
Bhante Vimalaramsi had taught his meditation with a different approach, which is the Relax step and Tranquil/light Jhānas. A Sutta-based interpretation of meditation has led him to teaching what he called "Tranquil Wisdom Insight Meditation (T.W.I.M.)", a joint Samatha/Vipassanā meditation. [16]
Loving-kindness may refer to: an English translation of Chesed , a term found in the Hebrew Bible an English translation of Mettā or maitrī , a term used in Buddhism
The word bhavana is sometimes translated into English as 'meditation' so that, for example, metta-bhavana may be translated as 'the meditation on loving-kindness'. Meditation is properly called dhyana (Sanskrit; Pali: jhāna), as practiced in samādhi, the 8th limb of the eightfold path.
In Theravāda Buddhism, karuṇā is one of the four "divine abodes" (brahmavihāra), along with loving kindness (Pāli: mettā), sympathetic joy , and equanimity . [9] In the Pali canon, Gautama Buddha recommends cultivating these four virtuous mental states to both householders and monastics. [10]