Dhammatthavinicchaya (Pāḷi Only)
A collection of classic passages from the Pāḷi texts with teachings about the doctrine, meditation, the factors of awakening, Abhidhamma and the Buddha.
A collection of classic passages from the Pāḷi texts with teachings about the doctrine, meditation, the factors of awakening, Abhidhamma and the Buddha.
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Bhāvanatthā – 35<br />
10. Cattāro Brāhmavihārā 14<br />
from Vatthasuttaṁ, MN 7<br />
1. So mettāsahagatena cetasā ekaṁ disaṁ pharitvā viharati,<br />
tathā dutiyaṁ, tathā tatiyaṁ, tathā catutthaṁ. Iti uddhamadho<br />
tiriyaṁ sabbadhi sabbattatāya, sabbāvantaṁ lokaṁ,<br />
mettāsahagatena cetasā, vipulena mahaggatena appamāṇena,<br />
averena abyāpajjena pharitvā viharati,<br />
2. puna caparaṁ karuṇāsahagatena cetasā ekaṁ disaṁ pharitvā<br />
viharati, tathā dutiyaṁ, tathā tatiyaṁ, tathā catutthaṁ. Iti<br />
uddham-adho tiriyaṁ sabbadhi sabbattatāya, sabbāvantaṁ<br />
lokaṁ, karuṇāsahagatena cetasā, vipulena mahaggatena<br />
appamāṇena, averena abyāpajjena pharitvā viharati,<br />
3. puna caparaṁ muditāsahagatena cetasā ekaṁ disaṁ pharitvā<br />
viharati, tathā dutiyaṁ, tathā tatiyaṁ, tathā catutthaṁ. Iti<br />
uddham-adho tiriyaṁ sabbadhi sabbattatāya, sabbāvantaṁ<br />
lokaṁ, karuṇāsahagatena cetasā, vipulena mahaggatena<br />
appamāṇena, averena abyāpajjena pharitvā viharati,<br />
4. puna caparaṁ upekkhāsahagatena cetasā ekaṁ disaṁ<br />
pharitvā viharati, tathā dutiyaṁ, tathā tatiyaṁ, tathā<br />
catutthaṁ. Iti uddham-adho tiriyaṁ sabbadhi sabbattatāya,<br />
sabbāvantaṁ lokaṁ, upekkhāsahagatena cetasā, vipulena<br />
mahaggatena appamāṇena, averena abyāpajjena pharitvā<br />
viharati.<br />
14 These are also known as the four immeasureables (appamañña).
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