བྱམས་པ། | Glossary of Terms

First of the four immeasurable aspirations.

One of the four immeasurables of the Mahāyāna, known in early Buddhism as “pure abodes” (Skt. brahmavihāra), which comprise (1) loving kindness, (2) compassion, (3) empathetic joy, and (4) impartiality. Immeasurable loving kindness arises from the wish for all living beings to have happiness and the causes of happiness.

Also rendered as love. One of the abodes of Brahmā, the other being: joy, equanimity, and compassion.

One of the four immeasurables of the Mahāyāna, known in early Buddhism as “pure abodes” (Skt. brahmavihāra), which comprise (1) loving kindness, (2) compassion, (3) sympathetic joy, and (4) equanimity. Immeasurable loving kindness arises from the wish for all living beings to have happiness and the causes of happiness.

One of the four immeasurables of the Mahāyāna, known in early Buddhism as “pure abodes” (Skt. brahmavihāra), which comprise (1) love, sometimes translated as “loving kindness,” (2) compassion, (3) empathetic joy, and (4) impartiality. Immeasurable love arises from the wish for all living beings to have happiness and the causes of happiness.

One of the four immeasurables.

One of the four practices of spiritual practitioners, and one of the four immeasurables (the other three being compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity).