Child:: [[Metta|Mettā]], [[Karuna|Karuṇā]], [[Upekkha|Upekkhā]] ## Brahma Vihāra (Holy Abiding) / Appamāṇa (Four Immeasurables) - Alternatively, called **appamaññā (Four immeasurables)** > [!tldr] Cultivating the 4 Qualities of [[loka|Brahma]] beings > 1. **[[Metta|Mettā]]** — **Loving kindness** — **==love without discrimination==** by seeing that **every being is in suffering of holding onto samsara** > 2. **Karuṇā** — **Compassion** — you **==_"care"_==** — **==wishing internally==** that let the being **be rid of the pain and suffering** of samsara (developed first) > 3. **Muditā** — **Appreciative joy** — feeling so happy when beings found relief from suffering (especially nibbana) > 4. **Upekkhā** — **Equanimity** — feeling totally equanimous (no "feeling" whatsoever) regardless of what happens ## Mettāsutta ![[Kp9 Mettāsutta#^aparimana]] ![[Kp9 Mettāsutta#^brahma-vihara]] ## Leading to [[Nibbana|Nibbāna]] ![[MN43 Mahāvedallasutta#^vimutti-1-metta]] ## Benefits of the Practice > [!NOTE] 11 Benefits — In Mettāsutta ([AN11.15](https://suttacentral.net/an11.15/en/sujato)) > You sleep at ease. You wake happily. You don’t have bad dreams. Humans love you. Non-humans love you. Deities protect you. You can’t be harmed by fire, poison, or blade. Your mind quickly enters immersion. Your face is clear and bright. You don’t feel lost when you die. If you don’t penetrate any higher, you’ll be reborn in a Brahmā realm. > > _Sukhaṁ supati, sukhaṁ paṭibujjhati, na pāpakaṁ supinaṁ passati, manussānaṁ piyo hoti, amanussānaṁ piyo hoti, devatā rakkhanti, nāssa aggi vā visaṁ vā satthaṁ vā kamati, tuvaṭaṁ cittaṁ samādhiyati, mukhavaṇṇo vippasīdati, asammūḷho kālaṁ karoti, uttari appaṭivijjhanto brahmalokūpago hoti._ ## Videos ![[Metta#^2fd4a1]] ![[Metta#^f4578f]] - [[(2022-08-18) (21-day Series) Brahma Vihara Meditation]] ## Notes - [[(2024-02-25) Vilas clarified on what is Metta, Karuna, Mudita, and Upekkha]] ## Suttas - [[Kp9 Mettāsutta]] ([Chanting](https://youtu.be/u6kmvcuoBvo)) - vb13 Appamaññāvibhaṅga ([link](https://suttacentral.net/vb13)) - SN46.54 Mettāsahagatasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn46.54/en/sujato)) - Buddha on what's the fruits of the practice of the 4 Brahma Vihara (where arupa jhana is the lower fruits)