Feeling of loving-kindness, friendliness, goodwill, tolerance, active interest towards others.
Benevolence is the first of the four immeasurable states or sublime mental states, together with compassion, empathetic joy and equanimity, which radiate in immeasurable infinite quantity when one attains paññā wisdom.
P: mettā, S: maitrī, V: từ
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