Terms taken over by the Buddha but used with new senses

It is to be noted that this means only being born in the same heaven as Mahā Brahmā, not union with the brahman. It is noteworthy that what we might suppose to be the ways to gain brahma-vihāra

“dwelling in brahman” are in fact given the name brahma-vihāra by the Buddha, whereas the four means are appropriately called brahma-patha.