Loving-Kindness(Share ur experience)
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I doubt it ever works this way...Originally posted by neutral_onliner:Thanks for sharing...
In Buddhism, spreading loving kindness empowers the mind, because it makes the mind bright and without murkiness
Thus, loving kindness is the pole which supports this world and makes the world happy, a world that is without anger, hatred, envy, revenge or vindication. When a person has good conduct and moral practice he also has loving kindness for himself. This loving kindness will make him love and have mercy to all others as well.
So this loving kindness is the great power which spreads limitlessly, that is to say: to himself, friends, kinsmen, enemies, people in every country & all sentient beings.
The pure and bright loving kindness which spreads from one's heart in the manner above can be the great power and regarded as the most important virtue which must be applied and developed all the time.
Before one likes to spread one's loving kindness to others, one must indeed make up one's mind to be brightly illuminated and pure. Only this kind of loving kindness can support the world.
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Why not?Originally posted by Herzog_Zwei:I doubt it ever works this way...
Metta and loving-kindness is a kind of virtue with a very specific purpose, in Buddhism, Metta meditation is done in order to destroy the fetter of anger/hatred, and is in fact a very effective meditation method to destroy this fetter. Buddha taught 84000 dharma doors, many different methods/meditation to destroy very specific problems/fetters that we have.
Other than that, there are many many benefits and blessings that comes out of the practise of Metta.
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Originally posted by An Eternal Now:
Yup...why not ?
Why not?
Metta and loving-kindness is a kind of virtue with a very specific purpose, in Buddhism, Metta meditation is done in order to [b]destroy the fetter of anger/hatred, and is in fact a very effective meditation method to destroy this fetter. Buddha taught 84000 dharma doors, many different methods/meditation to destroy very specific problems/fetters that we have.
Other than that, there are many many benefits and blessings that comes out of the practise of Metta.
This article is very good: Metta[/b]
Loving kindness in Buddhism is neither emotional or selfish. It is loving-kindness that radiates through the purified mind after eradicating hatred, jealousy, cruelty, enmity and grudges. According to the Buddha, Metta -- Loving-kindness is the most effective method to maintain purity of mind and to purify the mentally polluted atmosphere. -
I believe that nihlism is a better choice..Originally posted by neutral_onliner:Yup...why not ?
Loving kindness in Buddhism is neither emotional or selfish. It is loving-kindness that radiates through the purified mind after eradicating hatred, jealousy, cruelty, enmity and grudges. According to the Buddha, Metta -- Loving-kindness is the most effective method to maintain purity of mind and to purify the mentally polluted atmosphere.