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The Eleven Benefits of Love
AN 11.15, The Benefits of Love, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato
Mapped by similarity in the English wording. Each faint dot is a sutta, placed by how alike its English wording is.
In the sutta's own order
- 1
Sleep at ease
“You sleep at ease.”
- 2
Wake happily
“You wake happily.”
- 3
No bad dreams
“You don’t have bad dreams.”
- 4
Humans love you
“Humans love you.”
- 5
Non-humans love you
“Non-humans love you.”
- 6
Deities protect you
“Deities protect you.”
- 7
Fire, poison, blade
“You can’t be harmed by fire, poison, or blade.”
- 8
Quick to immersion
“Your mind quickly enters immersion.”
- 9
A clear, bright face
“Your face is clear and bright.”
- 10
Not lost when you die
“You don’t feel lost when you die.”
- 11
Realm of divinity
“If you don’t penetrate any higher, you’ll be reborn in a realm of divinity.”
From an11.15:2.2, Bhikkhu Sujato's translation. Read the whole sutta
What the map shows, and what it doesn't
- Mapped by similarity in the English wording.
- Translations with more similar wording tend to appear nearer.
- The faint stars are the suttas of the four main collections (DN, MN, SN, AN), one each. The eleven gold stars are the eleven sentences of the sutta's list, one for each benefit, placed on the same map by the same measure of wording.
- A map of the suttas' wording, not of the Dhamma.
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A lesson on the four brahmavihāras, which begin with mettā, the love this sutta describes. Where it draws on a passage, it cites it so you can read it yourself.