Friendliness, verily, an emancipation of the thoughts, transcending (everything), doth shine, and glow, and radiate.

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Just as, O monks, at night when the dawn draweth near, the morning-star doth shine, and glow, and radiate; even so, O monks, whatsoever materials there may be for the acquisition of Virtue, connected with the Substrata, all these do not equal a sixteenth part (the value) of Friendliness, (which is) an emancipation of the thoughts; for Friendliness, verily, an emancipation of the thoughts, transcending (everything), doth shine, and glow, and radiate.

Source Itivuttaka 27 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to the Itivuttaka, all the good works still bound to attachments (the “Substrata”) are not worth even a sixteenth of Friendliness, this kindly love that frees the mind and shines like the morning star as dawn draws near. Today, to every person you meet or think of, wish inwardly: “May you be happy, may you be at peace.”

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