ཚད་མེད་པ། | Glossary of Terms
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ཚད་མེད་པ།
- ཚད་མེད།
- tshad med pa
- tshad med
- apramāṇa
- aparamāṇa
- aprameya
- catvāryapramāṇāni
- Term
The four meditations on love (maitrī), compassion (karuṇā), joy (muditā), and equanimity (upekṣā), as well as the states of mind and qualities of being that result from their cultivation. They are also called the four abodes of Brahmā (caturbrahmavihāra).
In the Abhidharmakośa, Vasubandhu explains that they are called apramāṇa—meaning “infinite” or “limitless”—because they take limitless sentient beings as their object, and they generate limitless merit and results. Love is described as the wish that beings be happy, and it acts as an antidote to malice (vyāpāda). Compassion is described as the wish for beings to be free of suffering, and acts as an antidote to harmfulness (vihiṃsā). Joy refers to rejoicing in the happiness beings already have, and it acts as an antidote to dislike or aversion (arati) toward others’ success. Equanimity is considering all beings impartially, without distinctions, and it is the antidote to attachment to both pleasure and malice (kāmarāgavyāpāda).
- immeasurables
- ཚད་མེད་པ།
- tshad med pa
- apramāṇa
See “four immeasurables.”
- immeasurables
- ཚད་མེད་པ།
- tshad med pa
- aparamāṇa
The four immeasurables are love, compassion, rejoicing, and equanimity.
- immeasurables
- ཚད་མེད་པ།
- tshad med pa
- aparamāṇa
The four immeasurables: love, compassion, rejoicing, and equanimity.
See “four immeasurables.”
- immeasurables
- ཚད་མེད་པ།
- tshad med pa
- catvāryapramāṇāni
The four immeasurables: loving-kindness (Tib. byams pa, Skt. maitrī); compassion (Tib. snying rje, Skt. karuṇā); joy (Tib. dga’ ba, Skt. muditā); and equanimity (Tib. btang snyoms, Skt. upekṣā).
- immeasurables
- ཚད་མེད།
- tshad med
- apramāṇa
- 無量心
The four immeasurables are (1) immeasurable loving-kindness, (2) immeasurable compassion, (3) immeasurable sympathetic joy, and (4) immeasurable equanimity.
- immeasurables
- ཚད་མེད།
- tshad med
- apramāṇa
The four immeasurables, also known as the “abodes of Brahmā”: loving kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity.
- immeasurables
- ཚད་མེད་པ།
- tshad med pa
- apramāṇa
See “four immeasurables.”
- immeasurable attitudes
- ཚད་མེད།
- tshad med
- aprameya
See “four immeasurable attitudes.”
- immeasurable contemplations
- ཚད་མེད་པ།
- tshad med pa
- apramāṇa
See “four abodes of Brahmā.”
- immeasurable states
- ཚད་མེད་པ།
- tshad med pa
- apramāṇa
The four immeasurable states are immeasurable love, immeasurable compassion, immeasurable joy, and immeasurable equanimity.