Kindness
The Benefits of Love
AN 11.15 · Aṅguttara Nikāya — The Numerical Discourses
A question to carry today
This short discourse speaks of a mind of love developed. Who could receive one kind thought from you today?
One small act today
Send a wish of peace to someone you haven't seen in a while.
The reading
– Numbered Discourses 11.15
– 2. Recollection
The Benefits of Love
“Mendicants, you can expect eleven benefits when the heart’s release by love has been cultivated, developed, and practiced, made a vehicle and a basis, kept up, consolidated, and properly implemented.
What eleven? You sleep at ease. You wake happily. You don’t have bad dreams. Humans love you. Non-humans love you. Deities protect you. You can’t be harmed by fire, poison, or blade. Your mind quickly enters immersion. Your face is clear and bright. You don’t feel lost when you die. If you don’t penetrate any higher, you’ll be reborn in a realm of divinity. You can expect eleven benefits when the heart’s release by love has been cultivated, developed, and practiced, made a vehicle and a basis, kept up, consolidated, and properly implemented.”
On the calendar: Thursday 11 February 2027
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