Category Archives: Four Limitlessnesses

Religion Is for Friendship: 宗教は友情のため

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Rosan Daido

  Religion (from the Latin religare) means reunion. The reunion is with holiness (wholly wholesomeness). The world is one in truth (Dharma, Dao, Dyau, Deva, Dei, etc.). Truth (Dharma, Norm/Form, Law of all phenomena, of Dependent Co-origination, etc.) is universal. … Continue reading →

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Four Limitlessnesses: 四無量（心）

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Rosan Daido

  The Four Brahma (Purity) Abodes or Limitlessnesses are friendship (mettā), compassion (karuṇā), joy (mudita), and equipoise (upekkhā). Equipoise is a neutral state (majjhatta-bhāva) standing for emptiness (suńńatā), nirvana (nibbāṇa: no-wind of karma), a discarding or disregarding (of karma: neither … Continue reading →

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