sn41.7:2.1 And what’s the way in which these things differ in both meaning and phrasing?
sn41.7:2.2 It’s when a mendicant meditates spreading a heart full of love to one direction, and to the second, and to the third, and to the fourth. In the same way above, below, across, everywhere, all around, they spread a heart full of love to the whole world—abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity and ill will.
sn41.7:2.3 They meditate spreading a heart full of compassion …
sn41.7:2.4 They meditate spreading a heart full of rejoicing …
sn41.7:2.5 They meditate spreading a heart full of equanimity to one direction, and to the second, and to the third, and to the fourth. In the same way above, below, across, everywhere, all around, they spread a heart full of equanimity to the whole world—abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity and ill will.
sn41.7:2.6 This is called the limitless release of the heart.