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Brahma-vihāra

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Brahma-vihāra (Skt.; Pāli, abode of Brahma). A key set of four meditative practices often translated as the four ‘Immeasurables’, the four ‘Pure Abodes’, or the four ‘Stations of Brahma’. The four are loving-kindness (maitrī), compassion (karuṇā), sympathetic joy (muditā), and equanimity (upekṣā). The practice of the four Brahma-vihāras involves radiating outwards the postive qualities associated with such states of mind, directing them first towards oneself, then to one's family, the local community, and eventually to all beings in the universe.

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Brahma-vihāra

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | Copyright

Brahma-vihāra (Skt., Pāli, ‘dwellings of Brahmā’). Meditational states and attitudes in Hinduism, taken up and reapplied in Buddhism as central meditation practice.

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JOHN BOWKER. "Brahma-vihāra." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

JOHN BOWKER. "Brahma-vihāra." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Brahmavihra.html

JOHN BOWKER. "Brahma-vihāra." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Brahmavihra.html

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