Buddhism Key Practices: Ethics (Edexcel GCSE Religious Studies B): Flashcards

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Karuna (compassion) definition

Deep concern for suffering of others + desire to alleviate it

Karuna teaching on happiness

True happiness unattainable while others suffer

Four Sublime States (list)

Metta, Karuna, Sympathetic Joy, Equanimity

Metta (loving-kindness) definition

General desire for all people to be happy

Sympathetic Joy meaning

Joy for others' happiness and success

Equanimity meaning

Stability & calmness facing happiness & suffering

ROKPA charity established when

1980s

ROKPA operates in which countries

Zimbabwe, Nepal, and Tibet

ROKPA's belief about kindness

Kindness & desire to help bring real & lasting change

Metta vs Karuna distinction

Metta = happiness wish; Karuna = metta meeting suffering

Cultivating metta leads to

Inner peace

Metta eradicates what

Ill will and hostility

Loving-kindness meditation 5 stages

Self, friend, neutral, difficult person, all beings

Metta meditation phrase example

May I be happy. May I be well. May I be safe. May I be peaceful

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