Mudita is a Buddhist (Pali and Sanskrit) word meaning rejoicing in others' good fortune. Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices Pali ( ISO 15919 / ALA-LC: Pāḷi is a Middle Indo-Aryan language or Prakrit of India. Sanskrit (sa संस्कृता वाक् saṃskṛtā vāk, for short sa संस्कृतम् saṃskṛtam) is a historical Mudita is sometimes considered to be the opposite of schadenfreude. Schadenfreude (ˈʃaːdənˌfʁɔʏ̯də) is enjoyment taken from the misfortune of someone else
The term mudita is usually translated as "sympathetic" or "altruistic" joy, the pleasure that comes from delighting in other people's well-being rather than begrudging it. Many Buddhist teachers interpret mudita more broadly as referring to an inner spring of infinite joy that is available to everyone at all times, regardless of circumstances. The more deeply one drinks of this spring, the more secure one becomes in one's own abundant happiness, and the easier it then becomes to relish the joy of other people as well.
The traditional example of the mind-state of mudita is the attitude of a parent observing a growing child's accomplishments and successes.
Mudita is also traditionally regarded as the most difficult of the brahmaviharas to cultivate. The four Brahmavihāras are a series of virtues and Buddhist meditation practices designed to cultivate those virtues To show mudita is to celebrate happiness and achievement in others even when we are facing tragedy ourselves. [1]
The "far enemies" of mudita are jealousy and envy, two mind-states in obvious opposition. Envy (also called invidiousness) may be defined as an Emotion that "occurs when a person lacks another’s superior quality achievement or possession and Mudita's "near enemy," or quality which superficially resembles mudita but is in fact more subtly in opposition to it, is exhilaration, perceived as a grasping at pleasant experience out of a sense of insufficiency or lack.
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- ^ Elizabeth J. The four Brahmavihāras are a series of virtues and Buddhist meditation practices designed to cultivate those virtues Compersion is a term used by practitioners of Polyamory or Swingers to describe the experience of taking pleasure that one's partner is with another person Mindstream is a compound Lexical item composed of Mind and Stream used to translate a term from Buddhist philosophy. Harris, "A Journey into Buddhism" Source for Free Distribution with permission from Access to Insight and the Buddhist Publication Society
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