Mettā
Mettā (pali) eller maitrī (sanskrit) betyr velvilje,[1] kjærlig snillhet,[2][3] friendliness,[3][4] amity,[4] good will,[5] og aktiv interesse i andre.[4] Det er den første av fire sublime tilstander (Brahmavihāras) og en av de ti pāramītas i Theravāda-skolen.
Referanser
[rediger | rediger kilde]- ^ Bodhi (2005), pp. 90, 131, 134
- ^ Gethin (1998), pp. 26, 30, passim [spelled as two words: "loving kindness"]; Harvey (2007), pp. 247-8 [spelled without a hyphen: "lovingkindness"]; Ñāṇamoli & Bodhi (2001), pp. 120, 374, 474, passim; Salzberg (1995), passim [without a hyphen]; Walshe (1995), p. 194.
- ^ a b Warder (2004), pp. 63, 94.
- ^ a b c Rhys Davids & Stede (1921-25), p. 540, entry for "Mettā," retrieved 2008-04-29 from "U. Chicago" at https://archive.today/20120707191419/http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.3:1:177.pali.
- ^ Richard Gombrich (1988, reprinted 2002), Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo. Routledge: London. ISBN 0-415-07585-8.
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