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Chapter 22 - The Four Immeasurable Minds Flashcards

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What do the Four Immeasurable Minds represent in a person?

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  • the very nature of enlightenment
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enumerate:

Four Immeasurable Minds

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  1. love
  2. compassion
  3. joy
  4. equanimity
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Love / 1st IM

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  • intention and capacity to offer joy and happiness
  • requires deep looking and listening so we know how to make others happy
  • we all need it
  • to love = to understand
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Compassion / 2nd IM

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  • intention and capacity to relieve and transform suffering and lighten sorrows
  • needs mindful breathing, deep listening, looking deeply
  • contains deep concern
  • “the ocean of tears cannot drown us if karuna is there”

karuna, associated with Avalokiteshvara

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Joy / 3rd IM

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  • not true love if it doesn’t bring joy
  • small things can bring tremendous joy
    ex: eyes in good condition to see blue sky, violets, children, trees etc

mudita, joy contains happiness and happiness contains joy

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Equanimity /4th IM

a.k.a. Letting Go, upeksha

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  • non-attachment, non-discrimination, even-mindedness
  • not true love if it has attachment, discrimination, prejudice or clinging
  • has Wisdom of Equality (knowing all are equal inherently)
    e.g. not having a favourite child
  • prevents possessiveness
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Why are the Four Immeasurable Minds called “immeasurable”?

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  • they grow in us every day until they embrace the whole world

through practice!

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Thay says of the Four Immeasurable Minds that this address is much greater than a five star hotel. What else?

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  • “It is a 1000 star dwelling”
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What is the primary meaning of love in Buddhism?

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  • friendship
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What was the Buddha’s attitude towards other religions?

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  • we should preserve the roots of our own spiritual traditions
  • he instructed Brahmans in their own language i.e. “Brahmaviharas” - being with God

“If you are cut off from your roots, you cannot be happy”

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What is love without understanding?

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  • not true love
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What do we have to do to become one with, understand and truly love someone?

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  • put ourselves “into the other’s skin”
  • then… no self… and no other!
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“With compassion in our heart, every thought , word and deed can bring about a miracle.” What can one thought do in more detail?

karuna

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  • reduce a mother’s suffering and bring joy

one thought can be like one deed because thoughts always lead to words and actions

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“With compassion in our heart, every thought , word and deed can bring about a miracle.” What can one word do in more detail?

karuna

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  • give comfort and confidence
  • destroy doubt
  • help someone avoid a mistake
  • reconcile a conflict
  • open door to liberation
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“With compassion in our heart, every thought , word and deed can bring about a miracle.” What can one deed do in more detail?

karuna

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  • save a life
  • help another take advantage of a rare opportunity
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According to Shakyamuni, who will be the Buddha of the next eon?

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Maitreya, the Buddha of Love

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Why is the Buddha’s smile possible, even though the world can seem grim?

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  • he knows how to take care of and transform suffering
  • he has enough understanding, calmness and strength - so the suffering does not overwhelm him
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enumerate:

The Buddha’s Four Recommendations for Enlightenment

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  1. Four Immeasurable Minds
  2. Seven Factors of Awakening
  3. Four Noble Truths
  4. Noble Eightfold Path
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enumerate:

Seven illnesses curable by Four Immeasurables

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  1. anger
  2. sorrow
  3. insecurity
  4. sadness
  5. hatred
  6. loneliness
  7. unhealthy attachments
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How do we uphold equanimity with the Wisdom of Equality ?

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  • we don’t discriminate or create boundaries between self and others
  • we don’t put self or others first
  • we remain impartial in a conflict, even if deeply concerned
  • we put ourselves “into the other’s skin” to understand and love them
21
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How is love a sick word in modern English?

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  • love can also mean appetite or desire
    ex: I love hamburgers

We have to use language more carefully

22
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Without equanimity, how could our love become possessive?

i.e. not true love

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  • we rob our beloved of liberty, seeking only to satisfy ourself first
  • we create a prison and wrongly label it love
    ex: putting a breeze in a tin can kills it

we don’t understand their aspirations, needs, difficulties

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To translate mudita, why are “sympathetic joy” and “altruistic joy” too simplistic?

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  • they discriminate between self and other
  • deeper definition = joy filled with peace and contentment
  • we can rejoice when we see others happy and in our own wellbeing as well

How can we feel joy for another if not for ourselves?

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define:

Four Immeasurable Minds

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  • four aspects of True Love within ourselves and everything
25
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exemplify:

love without understanding

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  • offering someone something they dislike can cause suffering
    ex: Thay and durian fruit

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