muditā
Sign in to saveMuditā (Pāli and Sanskrit: मुदिता) is a dharmic concept of joy, particularly an especially sympathetic or vicarious joy—the pleasure that comes from delighting in other people's well-being.
Key facts
- Buddhist term.ja
- 喜
- Buddhist term.title
- Mudita
- Buddhist term.en
- Sympathetic joy
- Buddhist term.pi
- मुदिता
- Buddhist term.sa
- मुदिता
- Buddhist term.my
- မုဒိတာ
- Buddhist term.my Latn
- mṵdḭtà
- Buddhist term.zh
- 喜
- Buddhist term.zh Latn
- xǐ
- Buddhist term.ja Latn
- ki
- Buddhist term.km
- មុទិតា
- Buddhist term.km Latn
- mŭtĭta
- Buddhist term.si
- මුදිතා
- Buddhist term.tl
- Mudita
- Buddhist term.th
- มุทิตา
- Buddhist term.th Latn
- muthitaa
- Buddhist term.vi
- Hỷ
- Buddhist term.vi Hani
- 喜
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Muditā (Pāli and Sanskrit: मुदिता) is a dharmic concept of joy, particularly an especially sympathetic or vicarious joy—the pleasure that comes from delighting in other people's well-being.
==Application== Mudita meditation cultivates appreciative joy at the success and good fortune of others. The Buddha described this variety of meditation in this way:
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