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Lovingkindness Flashcards

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I want to be able to, like Buddha say,

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“My religion is kindness”

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My purpose

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Develop a loving heart

No matter what happens your wholeness is intact “you are alive, you are whole”

All you need to do right now is breathe

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metta

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Lovingkindness or goodwill

“May you be—free from animosity, free from oppression, free from trouble—and be able to look after yourself with ease.”

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Pali

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love

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Brahma

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heavenly

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Karina

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Compassion

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mudita

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Sympathetic joy

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What is happiness?

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Knowing our connection to all things

Letting go of the unnecessary

Knowing you are always at home

Knowing that no matter what you experience some aspect of you is unharmed

Letting in what comes in and letting go what leaves

Being in this present moment

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Happiness

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Knowing our connection to all things

Letting go of the unnecessary

Knowing you are always at home

Resting fully in the present

Your default state

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10
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The four qualities of Pali or heavenly home

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Love
Compassion
Sympathetic joy
Equanimity

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What is the goal of the path of zen?

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Learn to develop skillful mental states and let go of unskillful ones

To cultivate the good

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Only connect and find reliable happiness

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This is constancy: don’t try to control the uncontrollable, or cycle through pain and pleasure

Learn how to connect, to open, to love no matter what is happening, connect with yourself

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The difference between misery and happiness

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It depends on what you do with your attention

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Be the sky (ocean, mountain)

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The sky is not moved by the clouds

No matter what we experience, some aspect of ourselves remains unharmed

Be solid

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Suchness

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Being wholly present, unfragmented

Not waiting for something to happen, not hoping for something different, no desire or aversion

Accept what comes into your life and let go of what leaves your life

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A simple act of love is

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Being completely present to another person is truly an act of love

To pay attention is to love

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Steps to happiness

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  1. Recognize and surrender fixations, fears, desires
  2. Simply choose in this moment to be happy
  3. Your happiness is within, not related to any external person or fulfillment, you are the sky
  4. Experience the bliss in security, you are all you need, you are the best at loving you, you are the most curious about you, your love is inviolable, you are safe, you will not abandon yourself
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Enemies of metta

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  1. Aversion: anger, fear, guilt, impatience, grief, disappointment, dejection, anxiety, despair
  2. Desire and attachment

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