Mātā yathā niyaṃ

puttamāyusā ekaputtamanurakkhe,

evampi sabbabhūtesu

mānasaṃ bhāvaye aparimāṇaṃ.

Listen

As a mother would risk her life

to protect her child, her only child,

even so should one cultivate a limitless heart

with regard to all beings.

Sutta Nipāta 1.149

View Pāli on Tipitaka.org

Translated from Pāli by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

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