坐禪三昧經 2.68

2.68

"Furthermore, the power of loving-kindness can cause the minds of all to attain joy and pleasure, their bodies to be freed from feverish affliction and to attain cool bliss; sustaining the merit of practicing loving-kindness and being mindful of pacifying everyone serves to repay their kindness. Furthermore, loving-kindness brings good benefit: it cuts off the dharma of anger, opens the gate of renown, serves as a fertile field for donors, is the cause for birth in the Brahmā heaven, abides in the state of detachment from desire, eliminates enmities and rivalries, as well as the root of quarrel and dispute. It is praised by all Buddhas, loved and respected by the wise, able to uphold the pure precepts, generates the illumination of wisdom, enables hearing the benefits of the Dharma, is the clarified ghee of merit, decisively defines a good person, grants vigorous strength to renunciation, and eradicates all evils. Abusive insults and evil deeds are subdued through the retribution of loving-kindness; it gathers joyful delight, produces the dharmas of vigor, is the root cause of wealth and honor, prepares the storehouse of wisdom, is a treasury of honesty and faith, a gateway to all good dharmas, brings the renown of dharmas, is the foundation of reverence and awe, and the correct and true path of the Buddhas.