Buddhaghosa · Theology

The Four Boundless States: Love Without Limit

Buddhaghosa&rsquo;s detailed method for cultivating the four <em>brahmaviharas</em> or divine abidings - loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity - and above all his technique of &lsquo;breaking down the barriers&rsquo; so that goodwill extends equally to self, friend, stranger, and enemy alike.

What you'll be able to recall

You learned the four divine abidings - loving-kindness ( metta ), compassion ( karuna ), sympathetic joy ( mudita ), and equanimity ( upekkha ) - and Buddhaghosa&rsquo;s method of &lsquo;breaking down the barriers&rsquo; between self, friend, neutral, and enemy so that love becomes truly boundless. Explain in your own…

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