Buddhist Philosophy in India and Ceylon c11.s1.7
Buddhist Philosophy in India and Ceylon c11.s1.7
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¹ Buddha, p. 80. See Oldenberg *Aus Indien und Iran*, p. 121; *Aus dem alten Indien*, pp. 1 ff.; Beckh (*Buddhismus*, ii. 132 ff.) exaggerates its rôle in the legend of the future Buddha, Metteyya. The essential value of love is that it frees the heart (*cittavimutti*) from desire; as universal feeling—not action—it counteracts particular passion (DN. ii. 251; MN. i. 297, 351; ii. 207; AN. ii. 129). Sympathy in joy and sorrow, and indifference do the same, but love is extolled in *Itivuttaka*, p. 19 f. as pre-eminent, but this is isolated.
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- Mahāgovindasutta — Pāli
- Itivuttaka — Pāli
- Subhasutta — Pāli
- Mahāvedallasutta — Pāli
- Aṭṭhakanāgarasutta — Pāli
- Dutiyamettāsutta — Pāli