What Are the Brahmavihāras?
The Brahmavihāras—loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity—are core Buddhist practices that cultivate wisdom, peace, and deep connection.
The Brahmavihāras—loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and equanimity—are core Buddhist practices that cultivate wisdom, peace, and deep connection.
Metta, or loving-kindness, is the Buddha’s practice of unconditional goodwill that softens the heart, eases suffering, and leads to liberation.
Wisdom (Paññā) sees things as they are—guiding ethical action, ending ignorance, and leading the mind toward liberation.
Mindfulness of the body (kāyānupassanā) grounds us in the present, offering a powerful starting point for awareness, clarity, and inner freedom.
The Three Universal Truths in Buddhism—impermanence, suffering, and non-self—reveal the nature of all existence.
Right Concentration brings mental stillness, clarity, and deep insight—cultivating peace, wisdom, and freedom from distraction.
Dhammanupassanā, mindfulness of mental objects, reveals the inner patterns shaping our experience—guiding us toward wisdom, freedom, and clear seeing.
Ethics (Sīla) in Buddhism are taught as the foundation for peace—guiding actions with compassion, restraint, and mindful intention.
The Twelve Links of Dependent Arising show how suffering arises through conditioned steps—and how wisdom can break the cycle.
The Middle Way is the Buddha’s path of balance—avoiding extremes of indulgence and denial to cultivate wisdom, compassion, and peace.