The Buddha spoke of the importance of Love, Compassion, Appreciative Joy, and Equanimity. But in what contexts? How should these be practiced? What are the benefits of practicing these? What are the implications of manifesting these four sublime abodes? We will dive into the suttas to answer these questions and more. We will also examine these mind states as taught in other traditions, looking for similarities and differences.
Program format: This is a sutta study program.
Readings to complete before the program begins:
- The first 3 English translations of the Metta Sutta at http://leighb.com/mettasuttas.htm
- Kālāma Sutta (Kesaputtiya): https://suttacentral.net/an3.65/en/bodhi
- (Optional) Digha Nikaya 13 – Tevijja Sutta: http://leighb.com/dn13.htm
- (Optional) Any of the suttas linked from https://leighb.com/suttaidxs/bv-all.htm
