The Four Sublime States: AND the Practice of Loving Kindness - Metta

by Nyanaponika Thera, Bhikkhu Ñaṇamoli

This booklet contains two Four Sublime States by Ven. Nyanaponika Thera and The Practice of Loving-Kindness by Ven. Nanamoli Thera. The four sublime states , known as the brahmavihara are the lofty mental states of love, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity.

Genres: Buddhism, Philosophy

Paperback

Published May 8, 2000

About the author

Venerable Nyanaponika Thera or Nyanaponika Mahathera was a German-born Theravada Buddhist monk and scholar who, after ordaining in Sri Lanka, later became the co-founder of the Buddhist Publication Society and author of numerous seminal books and articles on Theravada Buddhism. He mentored and taught a whole generation of Western Buddhist leaders such as Bhikkhu Bodhi.

Reviews

[Cecilia Vieyra]

Beautiful introduction but way too brief. I would have appreciated some reflection on the scriptures fragments and since the title contains "practice" on it, maybe some guidance on the actual metta meditation practice would have been great.

[Clement · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thank you for introducing me the beautiful words from Buddha. This is one of them about end of suffering:
"For one who clings, motion exists; but for one who clings
not, there is no motion. Where no motion is, there is
stillness. Where stillness is, there is no craving. Where no
craving is, there is neither coming nor going. Where no
coming nor going is, there is neither arising nor passing
away. Where neither arising nor passing away is, there is
neither this world nor a world beyond, nor a state between.
This, indeed, is the end of suffering.” (Udāna 8:4)