[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [A History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927) › v2.c19.s3.t2.61 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.61 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t2.61 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.t2.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.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 - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.t2.60](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.60) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.t2.62](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.62) - [Up: v2.c19.s3.t2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.61](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t2.61) · Pramāṇa