The Four Immeasurables
A Traditional Tibetan Buddhist Prayer
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1 min readJan 9, 2019
The Four Immeasurables (tshad-med bzhi, Skt. apramana, Pali: appamanna) are:
- Immeasurable love (byams-pa, Skt: maitri, Pali: metta),
- Immeasurable compassion (snying-rje, Skt: karuna, Pali: karuna),
- Immeasurable joy (dga’-ba, Skt: mudita, Pali: mudita),
- Immeasurable equanimity (btang-snyoms, Skt: upeksha, Pali: upekkha).
May all beings have happiness
and the cause of happiness.
May they be free of suffering
and the cause of suffering.
May they never be disassociated from the supreme happiness
which is without suffering.
May they remain in the boundless equanimity,
free from both attachment to close ones
and rejection of others.
This is a space for daily prayers by sages and saints of all religions.