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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
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00808A Rohatsu Day 4 Instruction, Concentration, Buddha Nature, Sixth Patriarch, Continuous Practice,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 05 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00784B Rohatsu Day 3 Dragons, Daily Life, Equanimity, Samadhi, Hindrances, Lineage, Separation, Posture,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 04 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Family Practice Serial: BZ-00791B Saturday Lecture Family Practice, Family Practice, Priest, Priest-and-Lay, Lay, Commitment, Equanimity...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 28 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Four Boundless Abodes Serial: BZ-00798B Saturday Lecture Brahmaviharas, Anger, Equanimity, Emotions, Sixth Patriarch, Hindrances, Happiness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 20 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Setting the Tone for Practice Period Serial: BZ-00805B Saturday Lecture Practice Period, Practice Period, Monastic Practice, Family Practice, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 05 1996 Berkeley Zen Center
Vimalakirti Sutra Serial: BZ-00246 Class 3 of 5 Liberation, Manjushri, Evil, Current Events, Dependent Origination, Lotus Sutra,...	Maylie Scott	Mar 14 1996 3 Berkeley Zen Center
The Four Brahmaviharas Equanimity, Enemies, Instruction, Patience, Daily Life, Posture, Anger, Intimacy,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 16 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Chiji Shingi and Metta Sutta: Metta Sutta Serial: BZ-00763 Class 8 of 10 Peace, Equanimity, Forgiveness, Eight Aspects, Continuous Practice, Manjushri,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 14 1995 8 Tassajara
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00741 Lecture Practice Period, Gratitude, Discrimination, Daily Life, Samadhi, Concentration,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 01 1995 Tassajara
Mumonkan Case #35 Happiness, Blue Cliff Record, Separation, Interview, Buddha Nature, Attachment,...	Denkei Raul Moncayo	Feb 25 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Happiness and Love Serial: BZ-00948B Saturday Lecture Happiness, Love, New Year, Happiness, Liberation, Equanimity, Attachment, Buddha Mind...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 07 1995 Berkeley Zen Center
Heart Sutra: Setting the Scene Serial: BZ-00952B Skandas and Emptiness, Rohatsu Day 4 Heart Sutra, Skandas, Emptiness, Heart Sutra, Four Noble Truths, Non-duality, Samadhi...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Dec 07 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Serial 00951, Side B Intuition, Heart Sutra, Buddha Nature, Four Noble Truths, Non-duality, Platform Sutra...		Dec 07 1994
Bendowa I: Bendowa and Thoughts Serial: BZ-00953A Rohatsu Day 1 Uchiyama, Lotus Sutra, Samadhi, Vow, Posture, Mahayana, Instruction, Equanimity,...	Maylie Scott	Dec 04 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan Case #46: The Mumonkan and Social Action Serial: BZ-00957B Lecture Silence, War, Teacher-and-Student, Observe, Birth-and-Death, Attachment, Demons,...	Lee DeBarros	Oct 22 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Continuous and Discontinuous Time Serial: BZ-00935B Developing Character, Saturday Lecture Time, Continuous Practice, Peace, Ego, Daily Life, Equanimity, Samadhi, Separation,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 10 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Four Foundations of Mindfulness #3 Serial: BZ-00944 Sesshin Day 3 Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Equanimity, Subject-and-Object, Anger, Daily Life,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 10 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Precepts Serial: BZ-00961A Saturday Lecture Precepts, Precepts, Evil, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Ordination, Subject-and-Object,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 23 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
Tozan's Poem Serial: BZ-00962B No Gap; Don't Objectify, Saturday Lecture Tozan, Subject-and-Object, Separation, Practice Period, Subject-and-Object, Book of...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 16 1994 Berkeley Zen Center
We Are Like Water Seeking the Lowest Place Serial: BZ-00737 Taking Joy in Impermanence, Sesshin Day 7 Impermanence, Ego, Impermanence, Liberation, Sixth Patriarch, Subject-and-Object,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 30 1994
Transmission of Light: The 38th Ancestor Seigen Gyoshi; Not Getting Caught in Stages Serial: BZ-00666B Saturday Lecture Seigen Gyoshi, Liberation, Lineage, Buddha Nature, Bodhidharma, Current Events, Don...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	May 22 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Beginner’s Mind Serial: BZ-00647A Beginners' Sitting Conversation, Posture, Instruction, Silence, Zazen Mind, Beginners, Monkey Mind, Zoom...	Fran Tribe	Jan 16 1993 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan, Case #1: Joshu’s Mu and the Importance and Significance of the Lotus Sutra Serial: BZ-00633A Lecture Lotus Sutra, Buddha Nature, Four Noble Truths, Three Treasures, Book of Serenity,...	Lee DeBarros	Jul 25 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Is Buddha Happy? Harmony, Universal Logic Serial: BZ-00632A Communion and Communication cont., Saturday Lecture Happiness, Composure, Buddha Mind, Demons, Ego, Politics, Sangha, Equanimity, Silence...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 18 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Criticism in the Realm of Absolute and Relative Serial: BZ-00631A Sesshin Day 5 Absolute-and-Relative, Absolute-and-Relative, Big Mind, Discrimination, Emotions, Ego...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 28 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Mumonkan: Case #19 Serial: BZ-00711A Ordinary Mind Is the Way, Saturday Lecture Ordinary Mind, MM-19, Ordinary Mind, Doubt, confusion, Religion, Hate, Culture,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 07 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Continuous Zazen Serial: BZ-00684B Saturday Lecture Zazen, Priest, Daily Life, Mindfulness, Intimacy, Instruction, Liberation, Equanimity...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 01 1992 Berkeley Zen Center
Metta Sutta Serial: BZ-00715A Lecture Enemies, Anger, Mahayana, Equanimity, Greed, Lovingkindness, Happiness, Peace,...	Hozan Alan Senauke	Sep 07 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen and Excitement Serial: BZ-00968B Saturday Lecture Suzuki Roshi, Daily Life, Building, Constancy, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Priest...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jul 06 1991 Berkeley Zen Center
Dogen’s “Zenki”: Undivided Activity; Zenki and Shoji Serial: BZ-00275 Class 3 of 3 Birth-and-Death, Equanimity, Separation, Teacher-and-Student, Fasting, Fox, Funeral,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 13 1991 3 Berkeley Zen Center
Avatamsaka Sutra Serial: BZ-00259 Class 2 of 5 Manjushri, Vow, Mindfulness, Five Ranks, Dragons, Equanimity, Attachment, Birth-and-...	Zoketsu Norman Fischer	Nov 01 1990 2 Berkeley Zen Center
Segaki Serial: BZ-00496A Saturday Lecture Seijiki, Anger, Greed, Six Realms, Liberation, Demons, Nirvana, Equanimity, Offering...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Oct 27 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Different Ways of Looking at the Same Thing Serial: BZ-00388B Sesshin Day 2 Hate, Concentration, Duality, Non-duality, Samadhi, Obstacles, Equanimity, Patience,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 02 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Blue Cliff Record: Case #2 Serial: BZ-00514A The True Way Is Not Difficult, Sesshin Day 2 BCR-2, Hate, Duality, Hsin Hsin Ming, Discrimination, confusion, Dragons, Attachment...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 21 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
Eulogy for Katagiri Roshi Serial: BZ-00509B Lecture Lotus Sutra, Patience, Constancy, Transmission, Monastic Practice, Dharma...	Michael Wenger	Apr 14 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
How to Start the New Year Serial: BZ-00502B Saturday Lecture New Year, Concentration, Mindfulness, Equanimity, Daily Life, Enthusiasm, Anger, New...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 06 1990 Berkeley Zen Center
The Four Marks of Conditioned Existence Serial: BZ-00383B Lecture Enemies, Equanimity, Heart Sutra, Karma, Lotus Sutra, Subject-and-Object, Hate,...	Bob Poulsen	Sep 16 1989 Berkeley Zen Center
What Is It? Serial: BZ-00376B Sesshin Day 2 Practice Period, Absolute-and-Relative, confusion, Subject-and-Object, Equanimity,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jun 22 1989 Berkeley Zen Center
Six Factors of Consciousness Serial: BZ-00371B Sesshin Day 2 Consciousness, Monkey Mind, Doubt, Hindrances, Posture, Anger, Ego, Daily Life, Hate...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 18 1989 Berkeley Zen Center
Effort During Sesshin Serial: BZ-00326 Sesshin Day 5 Effort, Sesshin, Equanimity, Concentration, Repentance, Big Mind, Hindrances,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 22 1989
Mindfulness of Feelings Serial: BZ-00328 Sesshin Day 4 Four Foundations of Mindfulness, Mindfulness, Emotions, Happiness, Enthusiasm, Don...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Feb 21 1989
Title Unknown Serial: BZ-00327 Monday Evening Happiness, Enemies, Passions, Practice Period, Emotions, Equanimity, Mindfulness,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Jan 09 1989 Green Gulch Farm
The Four Brahmaviharas Serial: BZ-00370A Lecture Enemies, Equanimity, Four Noble Truths, Impermanence, Hate, Greed, confusion,...	Bob Poulsen	Dec 17 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Generosity Precepts, Hate, Greed, Liberation, Bodhisattva Ceremony, Concentration, Karma,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Dec 10 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Zenshinji Serial: BZ-01470 Lecture, sesshin day 3 Silent Illumination, Ego, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, Equanimity, Duality, Peace...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Nov 18 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Boddhisatva Practice: Four Methods Serial: BZ-00366B Saturday Lecture Anger, Pure Existence, Priest, Equanimity, Daily Life, Non-attachment, Emotions, Ego...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 17 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
September 17, 1988 Serial No. 01498B Serial: BZ-01498B Saturday Lecture Bodhisattva, Anger, Equanimity, Daily Life, Precepts, Building, Emotions, Attachment...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Sep 17 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
Patience Serial: BZ-00890B Lecture Patience, Enemies, Vow, Manjushri, Intimacy, Equanimity, Precepts, Passions, Peace...	Michael Wenger	Jul 23 1988 Berkeley Zen Center
No Title Serial: BZ-00335 Lecture, Sesshin Day 7 Concentration, Equanimity, Precepts, Bodhisattva Precepts, Harmonizing, Subject-and-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 06 1987 Green Gulch Farm
March 4th, 1987, Serial No. 00334 Serial: BZ-00334 Sesshin Day 5 Concentration, Doubt, Posture, Equanimity, Mindfulness, Silent Illumination, Nirvana...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 04 1987

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