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Teachings– Other Buddhist Notions <contd...>

 
The boundless states - the sublime (brahmaviharas)
  
 

Friends on the way to Nirvana. They help in dissolving the idea of a separate self.

  

1. Loving kindness (Metta)

  • Good-will, friendship, unconditional love for all beings
  • Near enemy- selfish love
  • Far enemy - hatred

3. Sympathetic Joy (Mudita)

  • Spontaneous joy in response to others success
  • Near enemy- hypocrisy
  • Far enemy - envy

2. Compassion (Karuna)

  • Empathy, to feel with someone instead of for someone
  • Near enemy- Pity
  • Far enemy - cruelty

4. Equanimity (Upekkha)

  • Even-mindedness based on insight into the nature of things
  • Near enemy- indifference
  • Far enemy – anxiety
The ten perfections (paramis)
  • Generosity (dana)
  • Morality (sila)
  • Renunciation (nekkhamma)
  • Wisdom (panna)
  • Energy (viriya)
  • Patience (khanti)
  • Truthfulness (sacca)
  • Resolution (adhitthana)
  • Loving-Kindness (metta)
  • Equanimity (upekkha)
    The Five Hindrances  
   
  • Sense craving
  • Ill-will
  • Sloth and Torpor
  • Restlessness and Worry
  • Toxic doubt and the ruthless inner critic.
  
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