Came across the discussion in Steve Collins's _Readings of the Vessantara_ on 'metta' (friendliness) as a crucially important Buddhist/non-Buddhist/pre-Buddhist virtue, and was reminded why it's perhaps my favorite virtue
"[A]s one visualizes the persons of the different circles, one 'breaks the barrier' caused by likes and dislikes, attachment and hatred. When one is able to regard an enemy without ill-will and with the same amount of goodwill that one has for a very dear friend..." 1/2
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"...metta then acquires a sublime impartiality, elevating the mind upward and outward as if in a spiral movement of ever-widening circles until it becomes all-embracing." 2/2 Ācariya Buddharakkhita
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"If man decides to substitute metta as a policy of action for aggression and ill-will, the world will turn into a veritable abode of peace." 1/2
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