The Four Immeasurables

The Four Immeasurables

Buddhist teacher Anne Klein writes: “Buddhism teaches that there is no such thing as the self as we think we know it: a separate, bounded self, strictly cordoned off from what is “other.” When we are freed from the reactive patterns sprung from the boundaries we live by—good and bad; love and hate—we are not the self we were before. And when the boundaries themselves dissolve, self as we understand it disappears.”

Buddhist tradition offers two primary means to diminish our tendency to plague ourselves with selfishness:  enlightened love and enlightening wisdom. The practice of the four immeasurables furthers both of them.

These four immeasurables are equanimity, lovingkindness, compassion, and joy.

In this class, we’ll explore each of the immeasurables and how to cultivate them. We’ll learn how to add them to a session of tonglen, as well, and to see how they are cleverly embedded in most every other practice.

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March 2024

The Way of the Bodhisattva (4 of 12)

  • Practice & Study Group

February 8, 2024 - July 25, 2024
DATE: March 21, 2024
TIME: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Ngondro: Vajrasattva

  • Class
  • Ritual & Ceremony

DATE: March 27, 2024
TIME: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

April 2024

Lhatong: Seeing Clearly (1 of 4)

Four Wednesday evenings
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April 3, 2024 - April 24, 2024
DATE: April 3, 2024
TIME: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

The Way of the Bodhisattva (5 of 12)

  • Practice & Study Group

February 8, 2024 - July 25, 2024
DATE: April 4, 2024
TIME: 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Lhatong: Seeing Clearly (2 of 4)

Four Wednesday Evenings
  • Class

April 3, 2024 - April 24, 2024
DATE: April 10, 2024

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