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This Valentine’s Day, try loving-kindness meditation

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In ancient Pali language , the word “metta” has two root meanings: “gentle” and “friend” Metta is a kind of love that is offered without any expectation of return.

To practice metta meditation is to give the rarest gift: a gift that does not demand a return.

Loving-kindness meditation could increase happiness and strengthen feelings of kinship with all living beings, says Jeremy David Engels , Penn State .

The Buddha described the benefits of metta meditation as described by the Buddha in the Karaniya Metta Sutta .

So if you’re feeling disconnected from others, ill at ease or just disenchanted with a holiday that has become overrun by capitalism on this Valentine’s Day, you might consider trying loving- Kindness meditation.

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