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GCSE Religious Studies · key term
Loving-kindness: wishing happiness and wellbeing for all beings, without expecting something in return.
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Loving-kindness: a friendly, caring attitude that wishes happiness for all beings without expecting anything in return.
Revise: Ethical TeachingsMetta means loving-kindness: wishing happiness for oneself and all other beings without expecting a reward. It is not limited to friends or people who behave well. Buddhists seek to extend it even towards people they find difficult.
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Loving-kindness: wishing for the well-being of others.
Revise: Buddhist Responses to Punishment and OffendersMetta, loving-kindness, supports wishing that an offender becomes a person who no longer harms others. Milarepa's story illustrates this possibility of profound change.
Loving-kindness: the wish that all living beings should be happy and well, without excluding those who have caused harm.
Selfless loving-kindness towards all beings.
Loving-kindness: goodwill towards oneself and all other beings, wishing them happiness without expecting a reward.
Keep metta and karuna distinct: metta wishes beings happiness; karuna responds to suffering with a desire to relieve it.
Link metta to forgiveness: wishing an offender well gives a reason to reject hatred and revenge, not to approve of the wrongdoing.
Identify the Six Perfections particularly with Mahayana Buddhism; the Five Precepts, metta and karuna are important across Buddhist traditions.
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