metta

Examples

• All

• Once one has learned to kindle the feeling of metta towards oneself, the next step is to extend it to others.

• He has loving kindness (metta) for all and compassion (karuna).

  Academic text (1990)

• Love, in the sense that the Buddha used the word metta, is a universal, nondiscriminating feeling of caring and connectedness, even toward those whom we may not approve of or like.

  Academic text (1993)

• The pure kind of other-directedness involved that other word, lovingkindness (metta), an other-directed concern for the welfare of all living things, and one of the virtues that good Buddhists are supposed to cultivate.

  Academic text (2005)

• The person who has metta is concerned with the happiness of others before he thinks about himself.

Synonyms

H

humanity

vsmetta

127 3.4

Being kind and caring to other people

is a personal goodwill practice focused on inner and outer kindness

M

milk of human kindness

vsmetta

• Literature

1 7.8

A natural kindness and care for other people

is an intentional practice rather than an inborn tendency

K

kind-heartedness

vsmetta

1 2.2

Being caring and helpful to people who need support

is a mindful goodwill practice that includes oneself and others

K

kindliness

vsmetta

1 3.2

Being friendly, generous, and caring to other people

is a spiritual practice offering goodwill to oneself and others

K

kindheartedness

vsmetta

3.9

A caring and generous attitude toward other people

is a named spiritual cultivation of universal benevolence

Antonyms

H

hatred

394 1.9

A very strong dislike that can make a person want to hurt others

A

animosity

57 6.1

Strong angry feeling toward a person or group

How Loving

altruism

24 6.5

compassion

423 2.7

metta

• Specialized

1 9.9

benevolence

16 6.1

goodwill

95 2.8

Surface Forms

Etymology