Release of Mind by All Embracing Kindness!
This was spoken by the Blessed
Buddha, the Perfectly Holy One...
Thus have I heard him saying it:
Whatever, Bhikkhus and Friends, there are here of worldly things
& merit making, all these are not worth 1/16 of the mental release
& liberation of the mind reached through All-Embracing
Kindness...
The release of mind & the liberation of the heart by all-embracing
kindness radiates, emanates and shines, far surpassing it all...
Just as the light from all the stars is not 1/16th of the moonlight,
but the luminous light of the moon, radiating, beaming and shining,
surpasses them all,
even & exactly so; whatever there are of simple
worldly and meritorious things, all these are not worth one 1/16th
of the mental deliverance of the heart by All-Embracing
Kindness...
The release of mind by all-embracing
kindness radiates, beams,
sparkles and shines, far surpassing it all...
Just as in autumn, in the
last month of the rainy season, on a clear,
cloudless day the sun rises
on the horizon & dispels all darkness of
the entire surrounding space,
bright and brilliant, even & exactly so:
Whatever there are of worldly,
meritorious, admirable, & attractive
things, all these summed up are not
worth even one 1/16 of the
release of mind by
All-Embracing Kindness!
The release of mind, liberating the heart, by All-Embracing Kindness
radiates, dazzles and shines, far
surpassing them all...
Gotama Buddha gives the teaching on Universal All-Embracing Kindness:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Metta.htm
PS: Note the Buddha's radiance!
More Friendliness (Mettā):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Metta.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Friendliness_Frees.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Blazing_&_Bright.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/One_BIG_Family.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_Good_Friend.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Blazing_Friendliness.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Selfless_Friendship_is_Sweetest.htm
All-Embracing, Universal & Infinite Kindness
dazzles & shines...!
Source
Text: The Itivuttaka 27: Thus what it
Said:
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=404214
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/iti/iti.1.024-027.irel.html
Blazing & Bright is release
by Friendliness!
