The Practice Which leads to Nibbana - A Buddhist Library

w 98Then after that you should develop the 132 ways of pervadingcompassion consisting of: five unspecified pervasions, seven specifiedpervasions, and one hundred and twenty directional pervasions[5 + 7 +(10 directions x12 = 120) = 132] which are the same as thoseused in the development of lovingkindness meditation.Sympathetic Joy Meditation (MuditŒ BhŒvanŒ)To develop sympathetic joy meditation you should firstly selecta person of the same sex who is alive and happy and who you arevery fond of and friendly with. Select a happy person who if yousee makes you happy and glad.Then you should develop the white kasiöa up to the fourth jhŒnaand then when your light of concentration is bright and strong youshould discern with that light that being who you have selected.When you can see that being with your light of concentration youshould firstly develop lovingkindness meditation based on that personand enter into jhŒna. Then after arising from that lovingkindnessjhŒna you should develop compassion jhŒna, and then having arisenfrom that you should take that person as an object and develop sympatheticjoy thinking: "May this being not be separated from theprosperity he has attained." Develop this again and again until youattain the third jhŒna.After that develop sympathetic joy in the same way for a likedperson, a neutral person, and an enemy. Then develop sympatheticjoy to oneself, a person you like, a neutral person, and an enemyuntil you are able to remove the distinction between individuals andthen taking all beings in the boundless universe as an object developsympathetic joy in 132 ways, consisting of: five unspecifiedpervasions, seven specified pervasions, and one hundred and twentydirectional pervasions. [5 + 7 +(10 directions x12 = 120) = 132]