The whole wide world, above, below, around and everywhere, does he continue to pervade with heart of love.

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And he lets his mind pervade one quarter of the world with thoughts of love, and so the second, and so the third, and so the fourth. And thus the whole wide world, above, below, around and everywhere, does he continue to pervade with heart of love, far-reaching, grown great and beyond measure . . . even so of all things that have shape or life, there is not one that he passes by or leaves aside, but regards them all with Mind set free and deep-felt love.

Source Narada Bhakti Sutra, §1 · 📖 Read the full passage

✨ To meditate on today

According to the Tevijja Sutta, which the introduction to the Narada Bhakti Sutra quotes to convey bhakti, devoted love, the loving heart spreads from one quarter of the world to the next until it embraces all beings, leaving none aside. Today, take a moment to send kindness in thought to those close to you, then to your neighbourhood, then to the whole world, including someone you tend to leave aside.

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