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- Anumodana… The word anumodana is closely related to the word *mudita, *empathetic joy. They come from the same root. And again, even though “empathetic joy” is close, there’s really no English word that’s just right for mudita. We’re happy for people for their happiness. Of the different brahmaviharas, this is the poor stepsister, the one who doesn’t get much press. People …
- Appreciation… It’s mudita, which can be translated as appreciation or empathetic joy. It’s one of the four brahmaviharas. And of the four, it’s the one that’s discussed the least, but it’s as important as the other three. It’s what goodwill feels when it encounters someone who is actually happy or who is creating the causes for happiness. It’s …
- Cleansing the Mind… The word for empathetic joy, mudita, has lots of other cognates in the Pali language. One of them is anumodana, which is what the monks do when they chant at the end of a meal or at the beginning of a meal after a donation: expressing happiness not only for the fact that other people have things but also that they’re doing good …
- Empathetic Joy… in secret, or at least trying to hide it from yourself, because the mind does crave happiness. This is where one of the least emphasized of the brahmaviharas is especially useful: mudita, which can be translated as empathetic joy or appreciation. Basically, it’s an attitude that when you’re happy, you appreciate it. When you see other people are happy, other beings are …
- Empathetic Joy… Another way of translating mudita, the word for empathetic joy, is appreciation. Appreciation gives energy to your practice. It’s when you realize that happiness is a good thing wherever it comes by skillful means. And the question of deserving and not deserving happiness doesn’t enter into the equation at all. You never see this in the Buddha’s teachings, the idea that …
- Initiative… The concept of mudita, being happy for the happiness of others, just doesn’t occur to you. It doesn’t get developed. If you don’t allow yourself to be happy, you don’t want anybody else to be happy, either. So you gain some joy from your wealth, but you don’t squander it. And finally, the fourth principle is having admirable friends …
- Generating Good Energy… for them, to do what you can to alleviate their current suffering, and if you can find some skillful way to get them to stop doing unskillful things, you try it. Mudita, empathetic joy, is the brahmavihara that tends to get the least attention. We tend to feel that if people are happy already, they don’t need us. But that’s not the …
- Appreciating Your Practice… This appreciation comes under the general heading of empathetic joy, mudita. We often think about empathetic joy as meaning not resenting the good fortune of other people. But it also means appreciating their goodness and knowing that their goodness will lead to good results—and appreciating your own goodness as well. Remember, you’re included in “all beings” when you say, “May all beings …
- Like a River Full of Water… turns into compassion. If there’s something can do to help those people, you try to help them. If you see that people are already happy, goodwill develops into empathetic joy. Mudita is the Pali term. You don’t get jealous over others’ happiness. You don’t get resentful or envious. You don’t feel that their good fortune belittles you. After all, when …
- A Healthy Attitude Toward Happiness… There’s *mudita *which means empathetic joy, where you’re happy for other people’s happiness and you’re also happy for your own happiness. And there’s anumodana, which is when you express your approval for something, especially when someone has done something good. The words come from the same root: The moda and the mudi are related roots. It’s a quality …
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