Buddhist meditation practice is designed to cultivate a number of virtues, including loving-kindness or benevolence, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity. I’ve mentioned the first two before and would like to tell you about the third.
Mudita (a Sanskrit term) can be translated as “sympathetic” or “altruistic” joy, the pleasure that comes from delighting in other people’s well-being rather [...]
delighting in another’s happiness
now THAT’s awesome
A replica of Argo, the mythical ship that bore Jason and the Argonauts on their quest for the Golden Fleece, sails through the Corinth Canal, Greece. The ship carries a crew from all 27 EU states. source: BBC
