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  1. Book search result icon Good Heart, Good Mind Copyright
     … questions about this book may be addressed to Metta Forest Monastery Valley Center, CA 92082-1409 U.S.A. additional resources More Dhamma talks, books and translations by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu are available to download in digital audio and various ebook formats at dhammatalks.org. printed copy A paperback copy of this book is available free of charge. To request one, write to: Book Request … 
  2. Book search result icon Good Heart, Good Mind Goodwill
    Day Four Morning Goodwill This morning we’ll discuss mettā, which we translate as goodwill. This is the second perfection coming under the section on discernment. It provides the heart side to what is usually seen as a “head” perfection. Notice: We translate mettā as “goodwill” and not as “love” or “loving-kindness.” Pāli has another word for love, which is pema, as in … 
  3. Book search result icon Good Heart, Good Mind Preface
     … Here at Metta, the monks at the monastery helped in preparing the manuscript, as did Addie Onsanit, Christopher James, Virginia Lawrence, Anita Basu, Irfan Pirbhai, and Isabella Trauttmansdorff. Any mistakes in the book, of course, are my own responsibility. Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu (Geoffrey DeGraff) Metta Forest Monastery August, 2020
  4. Book search result icon Good Heart, Good Mind Glossary
     … unlimited goodwill (mettā), unlimited compassion (karuṇā), unlimited empathetic joy (muditā), and unlimited equanimity (upekkhā). Chedi (Thai): A spired monument, usually containing relics of the Buddha or other arahants. Deva (devatā): Literally, “shining one.” A being on the subtle levels of sensuality, form, or formlessness, living either in terrestrial or heavenly realms. Dhamma: (1) Event, action; (2) a phenomenon in and of itself; (3) mental … 
  5. Book search result icon Good Heart, Good Mind An Overview
     … Of the four brahmavihāras—mettā, karuṇā, muditā, upekkhā—two of them, mettā, goodwill, and upekkhā, equanimity, are also perfections. Why are compassion, karuṇā, and empathetic joy, muditā, not perfections? A: Because compassion and empathetic joy actually come under mettā, or goodwill. Goodwill is a wish that all beings be happy. Compassion is what your goodwill feels when you see that someone is suffering. Empathetic … 
  6. Book search result icon Good Heart, Good Mind Introduction
     … Dāna is giving, sīla is virtue, nekkhama is renunciation, paññā is discernment, viriya is persistence, khanti is endurance or patience, sacca is truth, adhiṭṭhāna is determination, mettā is goodwill, and upekkhā is equanimity. Q: What is the relationship between the perfections and kamma? A: They’re qualities of mind that will determine whether you will make good kamma or bad kamma—in other words … 
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