The Brahmaviharas: Love, Compassion, Sympathetic Joy & Equanimity - David Tuffley [AUDIOBOOK]
Channel: David Tuffley
Date: 2019-11-25

Are you a traveler on the spiritual path seeking a deeper experience of the sublime attitudes and your divine nature; loving kindness, compassion, empathetic joy, and equanimity? 

Full text is available on Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Four-Sublime-States-Brahmaviharas-Contemplations-ebook/dp/B0077E8R8Y

Author Bio: https://www.amazon.com/David-Tuffley/e/B00456XIDG?ref_=dbs_p_ebk_r00_abau_000000

Many people have heard of the Four Noble Truths and the Noble Eight-Fold Path. These were the subject of the Buddha’s first address after becoming enlightened. They rightly form the foundation of Buddhist thought and can be seen for reference in a later chapter called Essential Truth.

Fewer people have heard of the Four Sublime States. They naturally follow the Four Noble Truths because they describe how to achieve a divine state of mind that leads to the best possible relations with the world and everyone in it, plus liberation from the cycle of re-birth when your time comes to leave this life. Could there be a more worthy goal in life than this? The Buddha urged people to adopt these sublime states as their habitual state of mind, making them your living space, your abode. 

The Four Sublime States are benevolence, compassion, sympathetic happiness, and mental calmness. This book outlines a practical way for you to cultivate these states of mind which have great practical value in how you relate to the world. They engender harmony and good-will with others and with society as a whole. 

They act as levelers of social barriers and makes us feel generous towards others as we widen our circle of care to include everyone in the world, not just our immediate family and friends.