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kentauros

(29,414 posts)
Sat Feb 27, 2016, 05:26 AM Feb 2016

The Four Immeasurables

[center][font size="3"]The Four Immeasurables[/font]
(or The Four Elements of True Love)

True love is made of four elements: loving kindness, compassion, joy, and
equanimity. In Sanskrit, these are maitri, karuna, mudita, and upeksha.
If your love contains these elements, it will be healing and transforming,
and it will have the element of holiness in it. True love has the power to
heal and transform any situation and bring deep meaning to our lives.

—Thich Nhat Hanh[/center]

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The Four Immeasurables (Original Post) kentauros Feb 2016 OP
This is what I want to pursue! happy wendy Mar 2016 #1
It -is- difficult, kentauros Mar 2016 #2
 

happy wendy

(67 posts)
1. This is what I want to pursue!
Sun Mar 6, 2016, 07:40 PM
Mar 2016

I'm desirable to be a person who possess such elements:loving kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity. Maybe it's difficult. But I'll never give up.

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