Manual of Indian Buddhism c5.s3.2

c5.s3.2

As a preparatory to soaring into the higher regions of thought, must be considered the bhāvanā, cultivation, cherishing of the sentiments of maitrī, benevolence, karuṇā, compassion, muditā, cheerfulness, and upekṣā, indifference, equanimity. These four Bhāvanās, identical in name and character with those of all Yogins³, are otherwise termed brahmavihāra, living in the spiritual world, and P. appamaññā, Skr. apramāṇa⁴.