A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.61
A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.61
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v2.c19.s3.t2.61
"O Monks, all actions serving as the substratum of a new rebirth, by which one acquires merit, are not worth the sixteenth part of friendliness (mettā), which is the emancipation of mind; for friendliness radiates, shines and illumines, surpassing those actions as the emancipation of mind. O monks, just as all the lights of the stars are not worth the sixteenth