--- "Ven. Yuttadhammo" <buffer@...> wrote:

> Katame tayo? Aratiyaa pahaanaaya muditaa
> bhaavetabbaa

> Which three? For the abandoning of disliking,
> compassion should be
> developed.

Aren't you intermixing karu.naa (compassion) and
muditaa (sympathetic joy)?

English has a rather clumsy way of expressing this
polarity, by the way. In German and Swedish it's
"Mitleiden/Mitfreude" and "medlidande/medglädje",
respectively (at least I think it's the same in German
- correct me if I'm wrong), which seems to me more
clear. Any propositions of a more elegant solution in
English?

Gunnar


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