By Thich Nhat Hanh — 2015
How to love yourself and others.
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Call it love, kindness, compassion for all beings—it’s the real elixir, the only one that truly transforms life for ourselves and others.
Loving-kindness is defined in English dictionaries as a feeling of benevolent affection, but in Buddhism, loving-kindness (in Pali, Metta; in Sanskrit, Maitri) is thought of as a mental state or attitude, cultivated and maintained by practice.
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This meditation uses words, images, and feelings to evoke a lovingkindness and friendliness toward oneself and others.
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