Mettā Essays

“To love is nothing, to be loved is something, but to love and to be loved that’s everything. Love?? There are many different kinds of love. Love for our family, Love for our friend, Love for our partner, and of course love for our God, for our Creator. Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. Love is a lot of sacrifices. There are things that we need to sacrifice because of love, and sometimes we need to sacrifice our love for the sake of other

Sex & Society: The Problem With Honor In Boccaccio’s Decameron, there are many themes that exist within his tales, one of these being a theme of Honor. A couple of tales that represent many routes of Honor are the tale of Tancredi and Ghismonda along with the tale of Ricciardo and Caterina. Even though Honor, especially in the Decameron, is an ideal set in place that structures morality, it should be used as a tool of decision instead of a “black and white” standard of life. It is found that each

great bonding with people. In particular, metta meditation makes people become dear to human beings around them. Building relationship with others is a dynamic process. If one loves others, they will love him back in return. Moreover, metta meditation improves people’s facial expression. Their appearance becomes more adorable since they are often joyful and having peace in the mind. The benevolent and compassionate personalities possessed by people after metta meditation attracts others to be friends

Most of us have heard be compassionate towards others such as family, friends and strangers, but do we really know the true meaning? When I was growing up, I was told to be compassionate to others even if they were strangers. However, I never truly understood the meaning of compassion. I also never understood why I felt pity for individuals I didn’t care about. “The meaning of compassion is recognizing the suffering of others, then taking action to help. Compassion is the sympathetic consciousness

“American” mean? The sources that I will be using to prove my point includes the Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson, JFK’s Inaugural Address by John F. Kennedy, Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address by Abraham Lincoln and “I, Racist” by John Metta. The term “American” means having freedom, rights, privileges, and different views or opinion about racism. America is based on immigrants. The people who are included are the people who are naturally born in the country and an American citizen. The

Jada Cronshaw Mrs. Leguizamon 2-7-18 Rough Draft: Research Paper “Every human being is the author of his own health or disease” – Buddha. In this quote, Buddha is stating that depending on how you take care of yourself, you can be the cause of a longer life, or your own demise. This quote shows just how much he wanted to help others end their suffering. And because of this, Buddha was an important and influential figure in history that had a positive impact on this world because of his teachings

In Buddhist dialect it is called metta. The Buddha for the duration of his life pushed his pupils to hone metta, i.e. kinship, with every aware being. The Buddha himself was called Maitreya which implies Friend; not ace, not prophet, not master, just Friend. Companionship is the establishment whereupon Buddhism is fabricated

the most represented in this are the monkeys and elephants (Buddhism 1). In Buddhism, killing one of these are is like a sin. I remember in class we discussed in class that meditation is a very common thing in Hinduism and Buddhism. It is called metta, which is like a series of meditation exercises and is the “loving-kindness.” They believe that the truth and spirituality is inward, not out. Another thing that they both have similar, was the whole planet will obtain Enlightenment or nirvana (LeVasseur’s

so she consulted the monk to have her problems solved. After the process, she recovered from the pain, when all the monk did was just giving Metta Pavana (love and kindness) to the spirits the nurse had harmed and convinced them to forgive her for her sins. So in this case, in order to deal with the Karma the nurse had caused, Monk Vachara chose to give Metta Pavana to the nemesis and ask for forgiveness to the nurse’s bad

all forms of Buddhism, and is a form of mental concentration that leads ultimately to enlightenment and spiritual freedom. (Prothero, 178-179) (Novak, 92) There are several types of Buddhist meditation: vipassana (insight), samatha (tranquility), or metta (unconditional love). (Prothero, 178-179) As with these rituals, the benefit is not from an external entity, but more of a personal effort of focusing on positive energy not wrong views and understandings. (Prothero,

Gilead knew, to institute an effective totalitarian system or indeed any system at all you must offer some benefits and freedoms, at least to a privileged few, in return for those you remove” (308). This idea is also reflected in “I, Racist” by John Metta, when he questions whether the audience would speak out if another group was disadvantaged in a way that gave members of the audience small benefits. Sometimes speaking out is not in one’s own best interest, but from a moral standpoint should be done

Justin Evans Professor Savez History of Early Civilizations May 30, 2024 Axial Age changed the Future The Axial Age was characterized by an intense shift towards ethical, philosophical, and transcendent thinking, which significantly influenced the development of major religious and philosophical traditions, including Confucianism, Buddhism, and Judaism. These traditions, through their emphasis on ethics, personal transformation, and a transcendent reality, embody the core characteristics of the

A kosher animal is one that both chew its cud and has a cloven (split) hoof (Leviticus ii: 3). Kosher animal should both chews its cuds, has a cloven hoof like cattle and sheep. Pigs, dogs, rabbits, and horses are non-kosher animals. The animals that naturally died or was killed by another animal should not be eaten. If the animal is kosher with the above mentioned characteristics, there are some other necessities that should be followed such as the law of ritual slaughter, a person highly trained

the understanding of what they want and are going to achieve at the end of the path. The second path, right intention, is to decide to follow the path. The second path also takes one’s desires away, as the intentions are always morally right with metta - friendliness - and karuna -

This is a critical reflection regarding of the management of the scenario 4: palliative care, which was raised by the author’s peers. Topics such as: the effectiveness and logical of the management; also the application and usefulness of the management styles for nursing care delivery will be discussed. The author will further discuss several areas, such as palliative care, talking about death and dying, importance of open and truthful communication, what is good death, complementary and alternative

Horror Films and Malicious Spirits: Intertwinement of Buddhism and Animism Southeast Asia is a region of great antiquity and incredible religious diversity. In contemporary times, animistic views are often disregarded. It is seen as irrational and illogical as opposed to standard societal norms and behaviour set by modernity. However, in reality, Animism and Buddhism are coexisting, overlapping and complementing each other. Hitherto, syncretism of folk religion and Buddhism in Thai society remains