Muditā
References:
The Four Godly Thoughts
Godly Thoughts Expansions
[MN 7]
WP: The Middle Length Discourses of the Buddha, #7: The Simile of the Cloth, Bhikkhu Nanamoli and Bhikkhu Bodhi trans., pp120
PTS: Middle Length Sayings, I:#7: Simile of the Cloth, Horner, trans., pp48
| Pāḷi | MO | Hare | Horner | Punnaji | Bodhi | Nanamoli | Rhys Davids | (Mrs)Rhys Davids | Thanissaro | Walshe | Woodward |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muditā | empathy, happiness at the happinesses of others | sympathy | sympathetic joy | selfless happiness | appreciative joy | appreciative joy | sympathy in joy | sympathy in joy | sympathetic joy | sympathetic joy |
Pāḷi Text Society
Pāḷi English Dictionary
Edited by T. W. Rhys Davids and William Stede
[EDITED ENTRY]
Muditā: soft-heartedness, kindliness, sympathy. Often in triad mettā ("active love"...), karuṇā ("preventive love,"...), muditā ("disinterested love"...); e. g. at D I.251; S V.118; A I.196 etc. (see karuṇā)...
