བྱམས་པ། | Glossary of Terms
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བྱམས་པ།
- བྱམས།
- byams pa
- byams
- maitrī
- maitra
- kṛpā
- Term
- loving kindness
- བྱམས་པ།
- byams pa
- maitrī
First of the four immeasurable attitudes.
- loving kindness
- བྱམས་པ།
- བྱམས།
- byams pa
- byams
- maitra
- maitrī
- kṛpā
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.
- loving kindness
- བྱམས་པ།
- byams pa
- maitrī
Also rendered as love. One of the abodes of Brahmā, the other being: joy, equanimity, and compassion.
- loving kindness
- བྱམས་པ།
- byams pa
- maitrī
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.
- love
- བྱམས་པ།
- byams pa
- maitrī
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.
First of the four immeasurable attitudes.
- friendliness
- བྱམས་པ།
- byams pa
- maitrī
One of the four immeasurables.
- loving
- བྱམས་པ།
- byams pa
- maitra
- loving-kindness
- བྱམས་པ།
- byams pa
- maitrī
One of the four practices of spiritual practitioners, and one of the four immeasurables (the other three being compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity).