Daily Words of the Buddha for September 12, 2018

Pāli Word a Day for September 12, 2018  —  jaggati — to watch, to lie awake, to watch over, i. e. to tend, to nourish, rear, bring up

Yo ca mettaṃ bhāvayati
Appamāṇaṃ paṭissato
Tanū saṃyojanā honti,
Passato upadhikkhayaṃ.

For one who mindfully develops
Boundless loving-kindness
Seeing the destruction of clinging,
The fetters are worn away.

Itivuttaka 1.27
The Udāna and the Itivuttaka, trans. John D. Ireland

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