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   Mettā

   It is one of the ten pāramitās of the Theravāda school of Buddhism, and the first of the four Brahmavihāras. The mettā bhāvanā ("cultivation of mettā") is a popular form of meditation in Buddhism.
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   Metta Sutta

   The Mettā Sutta contains a number of recollections or recitations that promote the development of mettā through virtuous characteristics and meditation.
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   Karuṇā

   In Theravāda Buddhism, karuṇā is one of the four "divine abodes" (brahmavihāra), along with lovingkindness (Pāli: mettā), sympathetic joy (mudita) and equanimity (upekkha).
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   Sukha

   The first of these abodes is lovingkindness (mettā) which is, for instance, classically expressed in the Pali canon's Karaniya Mettā Sutta (Sn 1.8) by the pithy wish (in English and Pali):
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   Insomnia

   In the Mettā (Mettanisamsa) Sutta, Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, tells the gathered monks that easeful sleep is one benefit of this form of meditation.
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   Forgiveness

   Buddhism places much emphasis on the concepts of Mettā (loving kindness), karuna (compassion), mudita (sympathetic joy), and upekkhā (equanimity), as a means to avoiding resentments in the first place.
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   Anapanasati

   Anapanasati can also be practised with other traditional meditation subjects including the four frames of reference and mettā bhāvanā.
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   Virtue

   Mettā parami : loving-kindness
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   Expounding of the Law

   Mettā Sanskrit word, given the association of "loving-kindness" and "friendliness"
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    Meditation

    Traditional popular meditation subjects include the breath (anapana) and loving-kindness (mettā).

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• Mettā,
• Metta Sutta,
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• Sukha,
• Insomnia,
• Forgiveness,
• Anapanasati,
• Virtue,
• Expounding of the Law,
• Meditation