Loving-kindness

mettā

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Loving-kindness.

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In the map of the teaching: DN 34 · Groups of six · Help · DN 34 · Groups of six · Hard to grasp · DN 34 · Groups of nine · Decline · DN 34 · Groups of nine · Distinction · DN 33 · dn33:2.2.37 · DN 33 · dn33:2.2.69

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Pāli commentaries · mahāvagga-aṭṭhakathā · Pāli

mettā cetovimuttī ti ettha mettāti vutte appanāpi upacāropi vaṭṭati, cetovimuttīti appanāyeva| yonisomanasikāro vuttalakkhaṇova| apica cha dhammā byāpādassa pahānāya saṃvattanti – mettānimittassa uggaho, mettābhāvanānuyogo, kammassakatāpaccavekkhaṇatā, paṭisaṅkhānabahulatā, kalyāṇamittatā, sappāyakathāti|
Tipiṭaka · Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.64 · Pāli

Kimilaṁ satta pacalā, Mettā bhariyā kodhekādasāti.

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