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Loving-Kindness
United Communities of Spirit
Texts on loving-kindness, compassion, and heart-felt love for
others fall into four groups. First we have general admonitions to kindness, benevolence, and gentleness. Next come passages which recommend
loving-kindness and mercy as superior to ritual observances. Third are
passages which stress the impartiality and universality of the heart of
mercy; it transcends considerations of family, race, nationality, or
religion. Love that naturally develops between members of a family should
be extended to embrace all beings. Among the texts gathered here is
Jesus' Parable of the Good Samaritan; also a text from the Upanishads on
the Voice of Thunder, who utters three "Da's" to describe the three
interrelated virtues of self-control, giving, and compassion.
Those who act kindly in this world will have kindness.
Interfaith passages at: origin.org/ucs/ws/theme137.cfm
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