How to Be More Loving: Loving Kindness (Metta), The First Brahma-Vihara

The Brahma-Viharas, translated by some as “sublime attitudes,” are the Buddha’s most important teachings of the heart. There are 4 of them: metta (loving-kindness), karuna (compassion), mudita (appreciative joy), upekkha (equanimity). Over the next four posts, I will discuss each of the Brahma-Viharas in depth from a personal point of view. Let’s begin with…