The Four Sublime States: The Practice of Loving Kindness - Softcover

Thera, Nyanaponika A.; Nanamoli, Bhikkhu; Mahathera, Nyanatiloka

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9552401704 ISBN 13: 9789552401701

Verlag: Buddhist Publication Society,Sri Lanka, 2000

Inhaltsangabe

This booklet contains two essays: 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. Ven. Nyanaponika gives a brief description of all four with a section of contemplation exercises for each. He concludes with a section on the inter-relationship of all four. Ven. Nanamoli''s essay focuses on the basic brahmavihara of metta, translating for us in his lucid style the key passages from the Pali Canon in which the Buddha taught the practice of metta.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Nyanaponika Thera (born Siegmund Feniger, 1901–1994) was a German-born Theravāda Buddhist monk, scholar, and author, best known for his classic book The Heart of Buddhist Meditation and for co-founding the Buddhist Publication Society in Sri Lanka.

Bhikkhu Ñāṇamoli (1905–1960), born Osbert John Salvin Moore in England, was a Theravāda Buddhist monk and one of the most important translators of Pali texts into English. He is remembered for his lucid, reliable translations of some of the most difficult works in the Buddhist canon.

Nyanatiloka Mahāthera (1878–1957), born Anton Walther Florus Gueth in Germany, was one of the first Westerners to be ordained as a Theravāda Buddhist monk and became a highly influential translator, scholar, and author of Buddhist texts.

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• Verlag: Buddhist Publication Society,Sri Lanka
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 9552401704
• ISBN 13: 9789552401701
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 60
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