"Eleven advantages are to be expected from the release of heart/mind by [the absorbed] practice of loving-kindness (metta),
by constantly increasing thoughts of loving-kindness, by regarding
loving-kindness as a vehicle and as something to be treasured, by
living according to loving-kindness, by putting these sentiments into
practice, and by establishing them. What are the eleven? The
practitioner:
- (1) sleeps in comfort,
- (2) awakes in comfort,
- (3) sees no bad dreams,
- (4) is dear to human beings,
- (5) is dear to non-human beings,
- (6) is protected by devas,
- (7) is safe from fire, poison, and swords,
- (8) concentrates the mind quickly,
- (9) is of serene countenance,
- (10) passes away free of confusion, (
- 11) and if one does not attain full enlightenment here and now in this very life is reborn in a brahma world [a literal divine abode].
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