While he searched for enlightenment, Gautama combined the yoga practice of his teacher Kalama with what later became known as "the immeasurables".[dubious – discuss] Gautama thus invented a new kind of human, one without egotism.[dubious – discuss] What Thich Nhat Hanh calls the "Four Immeasurable Minds" of love, compassion, joy, and equanimity[full citation needed] are also known as brahmaviharas, divine abodes, or simply as four immeasurables.[web 5] Pema Chödrön calls them the "four limitless ones". Of the four, mettā or loving-kindness meditation is perhaps the best known.[web 5] The Four Immeasurables are taught as a form of meditation that cultivates "wholesome attitudes towards all sentient beings."[web 6][web 7]
During his search for enlightenment, Gautama combined what teachings? What was the new kind of human invented by Gautama? What are the Four Immeasurable Minds also known as? What is the best known of the four immeasurables? The Four Immeasurables are taught as a form of meditation that cultivates what? Gautama combined the yoga practice of what teacher? Gautama invented a new kind of human without what? What are the "four Immeasurable minds"? Who calls the four immeasurable minds "four limitless ones"? The Four Immeasurables are taught as a form of what?