Metta is…
Since this is my Year of Getting to Know Goodwill, I am taking note when Ajahn Sucitto, in a recent talk at the Forest Refuge, described metta as “that which inclines toward nourishing.”
I don’t think I’ve ever heard it put quite like that before.
Kind of gives it a different flavor, doesn’t it!
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(quote from 11/11/18 Q&A session, beginning at about the 27 minute mark — click here to listen.)