maitri: loving-kindness, friendliness, friendship manas: the faculty of doubt and volition, sometimes translated as "mind" to refer to the lower or instinctive mind, seat of desire and governor of sensory and motor organs.
Maitri =friendliness; adi =etc; balani =power. By Samyama on qualities like- friendliness, strength.(III-24) ...
Maitri karuna muditopekshanam sukha dukha punyapunya Vishayanam bhavanatashchittaprasadanam.
By focussing on maitri, kindliness, or any similar grace of character, the yogin can fortify that virtue in himself, ...
came to discard his own welfare (don, artha) and to have concern for the welfare of others; and he cultivated love (byams pa, maitri) and compassion (snying rje, karuṇā), which served as the root for the special mind, the Bodhisattva attitude.
MAITRI: Friendship. MANAS: Mind. MANONASA: Destruction of mind. MANTRA: Sacred syllable or word, or set of words through the repetition and reflection of which one attains perfection. MAYA: The illusive power of God.
See also: Mind, Karma, Body, India, Yoga
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