Mettā (pali) ellermaitrī (sanskrit) betyr velvilje,[1] kjærlig snillhet,[2][3]friendliness,[3][4]amity,[4] good will,[5] og aktiv interesse i andre.[4] Det er den første av fire sublime tilstander (Brahmavihāras) og en av de tipāramītas iTheravāda-skolen.
- ^Bodhi (2005), pp. 90, 131, 134
- ^Gethin (1998), pp. 26, 30,passim [spelled as two words: "loving kindness"]; Harvey (2007), pp. 247-8 [spelled without a hyphen: "lovingkindness"]; Ñāṇamoli & Bodhi (2001), pp. 120, 374, 474,passim; Salzberg (1995),passim [without a hyphen]; Walshe (1995), p. 194.
- ^abWarder (2004), pp. 63, 94.
- ^abcRhys Davids & Stede (1921-25), p. 540, entry for "Mettā," retrieved 2008-04-29 from "U. Chicago" athttps://archive.today/20120707191419/http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.3:1:177.pali.
- ^Richard Gombrich (1988, reprinted 2002),Theravada Buddhism: A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo. Routledge: London.ISBN0-415-07585-8.
