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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
Responding with Openness to Love and Hate Serial: BZ-01445 And Other Opposites, Saturday Lecture Love, Hate, Composure, Hate, Teacher-and-Student, Attachment, Precepts, Equanimity,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 30 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Letter and Spirit of Rules and Regulation Serial: BZ-01427 Dogen's Eihei Shingi, Saturday Lecture Brahmaviharas, Equanimity, Passions, Hate, Religion, Buddha Nature, Ego, Big Mind,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 24 2007 Berkeley Zen Center
Four Noble Truths Serial: BZ-01402B Rohatsu Day 2 Four Noble Truths, Right Speech, Teacher-and-Student, Mindfulness, Right Effort,...	Peter Overton	Nov 28 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
Shining Practice: Growing up in a Zendo (Kid Zendo) Serial: BZ-01386 Saturday Lecture Bell, Family Practice, Transmission, Offering, Buddha Ancestors, Dharma Transmission...	Shosan Victoria Austin	Sep 16 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
State of the World Address: Causes and Excuses Serial: BZ-01175 Power: Manipulation Through Maintaining Chaos, Saturday Lecture Politics, Religion, War, Peace, Evil, Emotions, Anger, Attachment, Forgiveness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 22 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
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 Zen Mountain Center, Equanimity, Nirvana,...		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
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
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
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
Not Sitting versus Non-Sitting: A Radical Allowing of Stillness Serial: BZ-01362 Saturday Lecture Posture, Bell, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Ego, Soto Zen, Instruction, Equanimity...	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, Satipattana 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, Pure Existence,...	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
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
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
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
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
Dogen’s Guidelines for Studying the Way Serial: BZ-00838 Class 3 of 4 Happiness, Intimacy, Equanimity, Instruction, New Year, Obstacles, Don't Know...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 12 1998 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Shodoka:Song of Enlightenment (Pt.1) Serial: BZ-00436B Sesshin Day 1 Shodoka, Enlightenment, Buddha Nature, Happiness, Karma, Equanimity, Subject-and-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 05 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Building a Sustainable Future Gratitude, Karma, Hate, Culture, Renewal, Humility, Interdependence, Commitment,...	Joanna Macy	Aug 08 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Constancy Serial: BZ-00339A Saturday Lecture Constancy, Constancy, Patience, Big Mind, Continuous Practice, Building, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 03 1998 Berkeley Zen Center
Zazengi: Mindfulness, Concentration, Equanimity Serial: BZ-00360A One-Day Sitting Zazengi, Mindfulness, Concentration, Equanimity, Concentration, Subject-and-Object,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 16 1997 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen's Zazengi Serial: BZ-00359B Saturday Lecture Zazengi, Concentration, Lotus Sutra, Pure Existence, Duality, Posture, Buddha...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 15 1997 Berkeley Zen Center

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