#maitri

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[kongque-jiaan]

Tibetan lamas often begin teaching by saying “All beings want happiness, and do not want to suffer.” Accepting this simple truth is the basis of both love and compassion. Every living being has the same essential desire: to stay alive, to feel safe, loved, and appreciated, to satisfy its need for food and shelter, and to have pleasant, positive experiences. The desire for happiness unites all beings, human and non-human. Feeling love for others means acknowledging this desire, respecting it, and doing what we can to fulfill it.

-Venerable Sangye Khadro in Awakening the Kind Heart

[pamrak]

sister to the rescue 🔫 aka. Maitree saves the day (and Kliao)

REVERSE WITH ME | Ep 7

[postmodernismruinedme]

May I be loving, open, and aware in this moment; If I cannot be loving, open, and aware in this moment, may I be kind; If I cannot be kind, may I be nonjudgmental; If I cannot be nonjudgmental, may I not cause harm; If I cannot not cause harm, may I cause the least harm possible.

- Larry Yang, "In the Moments of Non-Awakening"

[nj-phang-al]

2024/08/18

« Tŝh-pui » 慈悲 Kindness and compassion

[eyeoftheheart]

“Through cultivation of friendliness (मैत्री maitrī), compassion (करुण karuṇa), joy (: मुदित mudita), and indifference (उपेक्षा upekṣā) to pleasure and pain, virtue and vice respectively, the consciousness becomes favourably disposed, serene and benevolent.”

[tsultrimpawo]

Seeing Possibility in Suffering Being intolerant of suffering, in the Buddhist sense, does not mean that we reject it or fight against it. It means that we stop and look at it, not morbidly, but with faith in the possibility of living a joyful and peaceful life. — Gil Fronsdal, "Living Two Traditions" (Photo: Lake Tahoe, California, May 2014) #Satipațțhāna #Maitri #Metta #Karuna #Mudita #Upekkha https://www.instagram.com/p/ClWJkMNrqLp/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[rdnewhaven]

Developing Equanimity When we really see, in our mind’s eye, a person we think we don’t like, and instead of solidifying our reasons for hatred we honestly wish them happiness, good health, safety, and an easeful life, we start to forget what we thought we hated and why we felt that way in the first place. A sense of equanimity toward everyone arises as we do this practice—we feel compassion for those who were once invisible to us, and our disregard and apathy morph into concern for their well-being and safety. - Cyndi Lee, “May I Be Happy” #Metta #Maitri (at New Haven Zen Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbkDKCrutSl/?utm_medium=tumblr