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The brahmavihārā (sublime attitudes, lit. "abodes of Brahma") is a series of four Buddhist virtues and the meditation practices made to cultivate them. They are also known as the four immeasurables (Pāli: appamaññā) or four infinite minds (Chinese: 四無量心). The brahmavihārā are:

loving-kindness or benevolence (mettā) compassion (karuṇā) empathetic joy (muditā) equanimity (upekkhā)

According to the Metta Sutta, cultivation of the four immeasurables has the power to cause the practitioner to be reborn into a "Brahma realm" (Pāli: Brahmaloka).

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Title	Speaker	Date
Emptiness as All Things Contingent Upon Each Other: “What do You Think Enlightenment is?” Serial: BZ-01204B Rohatsu Day 1 Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, Two Truths, Four Noble Truths, Ego, Lay, Practice Period...	Mary Mocine	Dec 01 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Faith and Doubt Types Serial: BZ-01203B Rohatsu Day 3 Faith, Doubt, Doubt, Soto Zen, Rinzai, Karma, Sixth Patriarch, Platform Sutra,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 30 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #2 Serial: BZ-01193 Joshu's "Don't Know", Saturday Lecture Joshu, BCR-2, Attachment, Discrimination, Non-attachment, Hate, Duality, Building,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 15 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
June 16th, 2005, Serial No. 01551 Offering, Birth-and-Death, Tassajara, Equanimity, Nirvana, Religion		Jun 16 2005
Guidelines for Practice Period Serial: BZ-01318B One-Day Sitting Practice Period, Practice Period, Commitment, Forgiveness, Daily Life, Precepts,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 16 2005 Berkeley Zen Center
Big Mind Serial: BZ-00571 Sesshin Day 2 Buddha Mind, Monkey Mind, Big Mind, Concentration, Right Effort, Don't Know Mind...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 21 2005 Tassajara
Embracing Unity in Mind's Journey Avalokitesvara, Continuous Practice, Separation, Desire, Equanimity	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 20 2005
One Mind, One Universe Continuous Practice, Separation, Desire, Equanimity, Buddha Ancestors	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 20 2005 Green Gulch Farm
January 15th, 2005, Serial No. 00833 Big Mind, Ego, Daily Life, Dharma Transmission, Lineage, Forgiveness, Equanimity,...		Jan 15 2005
September 11, 2001 Anniversary; Victims on Both Sides Serial: BZ-01246 Following in the Steps of the British and Roman Empires, Saturday Lecture Karma, Karma, War, Equanimity, Emotions, Evil, Building, Lineage, confusion, Hate...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 11 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Eating Brown Rice, Eating Your Life Serial: BZ-01243C (from "Not Always So"), Sesshin Day 1 Teacher-and-Student, Giving-and-Taking, Renewal, Heart Sutra, Offering, Intuition,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 04 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Dining Room Lecture Buddha Ancestors, Suzuki Roshi, confusion, Nirvana, Big Mind, Equanimity, Bell,...	Ryushin Paul Haller	Aug 18 2004 Tassajara
Composure: The Shuso Hossen Ceremony Serial: BZ-01271 Where the Response Comes From, Sesshin Day 5 Composure, Shuso Ceremony, Composure, Intimacy, Nirvana, Practice Period, Posture,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 20 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Hsin Hsin Ming Serial: SF-01901 Zendo Lecture Faith, Don't Know Mind, Equanimity, Emptiness, Perfect Wisdom, Beginners,...	Darlene Cohen	Jun 18 2004 Tassajara
Gakudo Yojunshi, Point #8 Serial: BZ-01268 Moving and Stillness, Sesshin Day 2 Gakudo Yojin-Shu, Stillness, Dream World, Birth-and-Death, Bowing, Dharma...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 17 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Guidelines for Studying the Way: Dogen’s Gakudo Yojin-Shu Serial: BZ-01025B Class 4 of 5 Emotions, Birth-and-Death, Equanimity, Posture, Hate, Passions, confusion,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 03 2004 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Joshu's "Go Wash Your Bowls" Serial: BZ-01255 One-Day Sitting Joshu, Continuous Practice, Posture, Daily Life, Samadhi, Instruction, Karmic...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 14 2004 Berkeley Zen Center
Sesshin Lecture Serial: SF-02751 Appreciation for the world happens. Don't go looking for heavenly sights. We get sticky around the beautiful. Master Heretung (?) letter - being in the world without misery... Family Practice, Emotions, Suzuki Roshi, Peace, Equanimity, Bowing, Dragons, Sangha,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Dec 03 2003 Green Gulch Farm
Not Sitting versus Non-Sitting: A Radical Allowing of Stillness Serial: BZ-01362 Saturday Lecture Posture, Bell, Tassajara, Ego, Soto Zen, Instruction, Equanimity, Emotions, Manjushri...	Mary Mocine	Oct 18 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
World Loved By Moonlight (Poem): Issues of the Heart Ego, Separation, Heart Sutra, Emotions, Attachment, Soto Zen, Passions, Uchiyama,...	Mary Mocine	Jun 22 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Equanimity and the Eternal Moment Serial: BZ-01346 Time and Transformation; Two Truths, Sesshin Day 4 Equanimity, Time, Two Truths, Equanimity, Attachment, Concentration, Karma, Intimacy...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 21 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Light in Buddhism: Silent Illumination of Zen Master Hongzhi Serial: BZ-00543 Class 5 of 7 Karma, Addiction, Anger, War, Demons, Intuition, Equanimity, Attachment, Interview,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 30 2003 5 Chapel Hill Zen Center
Basic Buddhism: Four Noble Truths Serial: BZ-00490 Class 3 of 4 Four Noble Truths, Mindfulness, Cultivation, Passions, Concentration, Karma,...	David Weinberg	Mar 06 2003 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Enneagram and Meditation: Nine Defensive Styles of Meditation Serial: BZ-00442 Class 4 of 4 Humility, Samadhi, Family Practice, Ego, Intimacy, Monastic Practice, Anger,...	Santikaro Bhikku	Mar 01 2003 4 Berkeley Zen Center
Enneagram and Meditation: Nine Defensive Styles of Meditation Serial: BZ-00464 Class 3 of 4 Emotions, Anger, Equanimity, Separation, Don't Know Mind, Ego, Passions, Buddha...	Santikaro Bhikku	Mar 01 2003 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00181A Sesshin Day 1 Nirvana, Attachment, Birth-and-Death, Equanimity, Precepts, Liberation, Happiness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 15 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
How to Maintain Our Composure in Uncertain Times Serial: BZ-00180A Saturday Lecture Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Satipatthana Sutra, Composure, Mindfulness, Anger,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 02 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
How Do We Deal With the Emotions and Mental States? Serial: BZ-00179 Saturday Lecture Emotions, Anger, Peace, Nirvana, Equanimity, Four Foundations of Mindfulness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 25 2003 Berkeley Zen Center
Turtle Practice: Big Mind, Soft Mind Serial: BZ-00173A Monkey Mind, Rohatsu Day 1 Monkey Mind, Monkey Mind, Big Mind, Concentration, Mindfulness, Equanimity, Daily...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 02 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
15 Sutras from the Old Way Serial: BZ-00458 Clas 5 of 5 Karma, Silence, Evil, Ordination, Peace, Equanimity, Enemies, confusion, Nirvana, Vow...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Oct 10 2002 5 Berkeley Zen Center
15 Sutras from the Old Way: Kesaputta and Meghiya Sutta (Dharma Relationships) Serial: BZ-00456 Clas 3 of 5 Cultivation, Happiness, Equanimity, Attachment, Intimacy, confusion, Karma,...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Sep 26 2002 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Harmonizing Breath, Body, Mind and Feeling Serial: BZ-00142A Sesshin Day 3 Posture, Zazen, Ordinary Mind, Composure, Harmonizing, Attachment, Soto Zen, Nirvana...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 17 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Forgiveness Serial: BZ-00061B Saturday Lecture Forgiveness, Anger, Forgiveness, Equanimity, Evil, Attachment, Precepts, Politics,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 26 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Compassion in Motion: Zen Wisdom Embodied Serial: RB-01357 Seminar_Compassion_and_Wisdom Practice, Compassion, Equanimity	Zentatsu Richard Baker	Nov 08 2001 Johanneshof
Mind Mechanics: Concentration and Distraction Serial: BZ-00089A Sesshin Day 2 Concentration, Big Mind, Posture, Hindrances, Zazen Mind, Right Effort, Bodhisattva...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 02 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Ten Beneficial Dharmas Serial: BZ-00084A Saturday Lecture Anger, Karma, Doubt, Greed, Equanimity, Renunciation, Nirvana, Buddha Nature, Sixth...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 21 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Tenzo's Awakening from Eihei Shingi Serial: BZ-00104B Sesshin Day 2 Eihei Shingi, Tenzo, Buddha Nature, Big Mind, Manjushri, Ego, Five Ranks, Tassajara,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 21 2001 Berkeley Zen Center
Hongzhi's Second Method Serial: BZ-00127A Rohatsu Day 5 Hongzhi, Buddha Nature, Emotions, Instruction, Lay, Dragons, Intuition, Equanimity,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 08 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Preparing/Not Preparing for Sesshin Serial: BZ-00124B Saturday Lecture Sesshin, Ego, Demons, Emotions, Posture, Equanimity, Buddha Nature, Obstacles,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 02 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Wednesday Lecture Precepts, Chanting, Ceremony, Composure, Bodhisattva Precepts, Attachment, Equanimity...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Sep 13 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Sixteen Foot Golden Body of Budddha Posture, Evil, Blue Cliff Record, Priest-and-Lay, Instruction, Building, Lay,...	Ross Blum	Jun 24 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Seven Limbs of Enlightenment Serial: BZ-00055B Sesshin Day 2 Enlightenment, Mindfulness, Concentration, Enthusiasm, Equanimity, Don't Know...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 15 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazengi Serial: BZ-00055A Sesshin Day 1 Zazengi, Concentration, Posture, Samadhi, Emotions, Attachment, Buddha Ancestors,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 14 2000 Berkeley Zen Center
Wednesday Lecture Six Realms, Suzuki Roshi, Right Effort, Enemies, Equanimity, Right Speech, Happiness...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Mar 15 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Sunday Lecture Monastic Practice, Hate, Demons, Conversation, Greed, Peace, Equanimity, Samsara,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Mar 12 2000 Green Gulch Farm
Genjokoan Serial: BZ-00158B Saturday Lecture Part 7 of 8 Genjokoan, Anger, Daily Life, Concentration, Subject-and-Object, Heart Sutra,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 17 1999 7 Berkeley Zen Center
July 17th, 1999, Serial No. 00674, Side A Anger, Daily Life, Concentration, Subject-and-Object, Heart Sutra, Emotions,...		Jul 17 1999
One-day Sitting Lecture Faith, Buddha Nature, Suzuki Roshi, Zazen, Ceremony, Non-duality, Equanimity, Six...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Jul 17 1999 Green Gulch Farm
Equanimity Through Openhearted Living Pain, Equanimity, Compassion	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jun 23 1999
Dogen's Zazengi (Pt. 2) Serial: BZ-00070B One-Day Sitting Zazengi, Concentration, Samadhi, Equanimity, Mindfulness, Hate, Ego, Attachment, Big...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 28 1999 Berkeley Zen Center

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