Brahmavihārās

1. metta

• मैत्री maitrī
• loving-kindness
• sharing one's good will
• far enemy: blame
• near enemy: fear
• "the golden rule"

2. karuṇā

• करुणा karuṇā
• compassion
• accepting another's suffering as one's own
• far enemy: shame
• near enemy: guilt
• results from mettā
• "turn the other cheek"

3. mudita

• मुदिता mudita
• sharing joy
• empathy, sympathy, compersion
• far enemy: envy
• near enemy: spite
• your joy is our joy
• unlike Schadenfreude, which is joy in another's pain

4. uppekha

• उपेक्षा upekṣā
• equanimity, universal impartiality
• far enemy: greed
• near enemy: apathy
• any being is all beings