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Cultivating the Four Immeasurables

Meditation on the four immeasurables

A guided meditation on the four immeasurables—love, compassion, joy, and equanimity.

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An Open-Hearted Life

The four immeasurables

The four immeasurables—love, compassion, joy and equanimity—present a way to relate to other living beings…

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Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions

Chapters 11 & 12: Four immeasurables and bodhic...

The four immeasurables in the Sanskrit tradition and the beginning of the chapter on bodhicitta.

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Amitabha

Amitabha practice: The four immeasurables

How to generate the four immeasurables as part of the Amitabha practice.

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Cultivating the Four Immeasurables

The four immeasurables in meditation and daily life

We can have equal care and concern for everyone simply because they exist, simply because…

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Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions

The four immeasurables in the Pali and Sanskrit trad...

How the Pali and Sanskrit traditions present the four immeasurable attitudes and how to practice…

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Venerable Chodron teaching in Jakarta, 2015.
Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions

Practicing the four immeasurables

A look at how practicing the four immeasurables changes our relationship to others and transforms…

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Picture of Avalokiteshvara, made up of mosaic of people's face
Prayers and Practices

An explanation of the four immeasurables

What it means to cultivate immeasurable equanimity, love, compassion, and joy. How to expand our…

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Four-Armed Chenrezig stained-glass window.
Chenrezig Weeklong Retreat 2011

Four immeasurables and seven-limb prayer

Teachings on how the preliminary practices helps us transform our mind away from afflictions.

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White Tara Winter Retreat 2010-11

The four immeasurables

An explanation of the prayer of the four immeasurables that is included in the White…

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