檢視 Loving kindness 慈心 / 慈無量的原始碼

'''Loving kindness''' (Skt. ''maitrī''; Pali ''metta''; Tib. [[བྱམས་པ་]], ''jampa''; [[Wyl.]] ''byams pa'') — the wish that beings may have happiness and its causes. One of the [[four immeasurables]].

==Benefits==
The ''King of Samādhi Sūtra'' says:

:Even an offering throughout billions of realms,
:Consisting of gifts infinite in number and variety,
:Presented to great beings every day for all eternity,
:Could not match the wonder of a mind of love.

[[Nagarjuna]]'s ''[[Precious Garland]]'' (2:83–85) speaks of 'eight rewards of love':

:Offerings of three hundred pots of food
:Made three times each and every day,
:Could not match even a portion of the merit
:Gained from just a single moment’s loving kindness.

:Even if it does not bring you liberation,
:It will produce the eight rewards of love:
:Gods and humans will care for you,
:And they will offer you protection,

:You will be happy and know many joys,
:No poison or weapon will do you harm,
:Effortlessly, you will achieve your aims,
:And you will be born in Brahmā’s realm.



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