section_path: Common practices/Meditation – Sama-amādhi and dhyāna/The Brahma-vihara
section_name: The Brahma-vihara
paragraph_text: The Brahma-vihara
  
  The four immeasurables or four abodes, also called Brahma-viharas, are virtues or directions for meditation in Buddhist traditions, which helps a person be reborn in the heavenly (Brahma) realm. These are traditionally believed to be a characteristic of the deity Brahma and the heavenly abode he resides in.
  
  The four Brahma-vihara are: