The Four Universal Expressions of Love

The four universal expressions of love are known in the buddhist tradition as the brahma viharas, which means the divine abodes. Love and kindness is that friendliness or open heartedness that comes when we are in touch with the goodness of life. Compassion is that heart quality tat rises when we're honestly willing to contact the suffering that's here. The third is joy, sometimes called sympathetic joy. And then equanimity, which actually has to be there for all of them,. because if there's not a very deep sense of wisdom and balance in the midst our love is actually attachment," she says.