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Translations of Brahmavihāra | |
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English | four divine abodes |
Pali | cattāri brahmavihārā |
Burmese | ဗြဟ္မဝိဟာရတရားလေးပါး |
Chinese | 四無量心 (Pinyin: sì wúliàng xīn) |
Japanese | 四無量心 (Rōmaji: shimuryōshin) |
Khmer | ព្រហ្មវិហារ (UNGEGN: prôhmâvĭhar) |
Korean | 사무량심 (RR: samulyangsim) |
Sinhala | සතර බ්රහ්ම විහරණ (sathara brahma viharana) |
Tibetan | ཚངས་པའི་གནས་བཞི་ (tshangs pa'i gnas bzhi) |
Tagalog | Blahmabihala |
Thai | พรหมวิหาร (RTGS: phrom wihan) |
Vietnamese | tứ vô lượng tâm |
Glossary of Buddhism |
The brahmavihārā (sublime attitudes, lit. "abodes of brahma") are a series of four Buddhist virtues and the meditation practices made to cultivate them. They are also known as the four immeasurables (Pāli: appamaññā)[1] or four infinite minds (Chinese: 四無量心).[2] The brahmavihārā are:
According to the Metta Sutta, cultivation of the four immeasurables has the power to cause the practitioner to be reborn into a "Brahma realm" (Pāli: Brahmaloka).[3]
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