Page 269 - Extinguishment of Self

To send send out out loving-kindness is is to to to send send out out the the the the power power of of happiness happiness the the the the power power of of merits to to to to others others We wish others others to to to to be happy so we we we we need to to to send out happiness happiness As I have said just now—we make our mind unburdened then then we we we we we humbly humbly think of the the the the the merits and the the the the the wholesomeness that we we we have done then then we we we humbly humbly fill them into our our heart until until it is is full full until until our our whole whole body is is full full Therefore every time before we we send out out loving-kindness we we should humbly think think of these merits think think about the the the mind mind that is is is happy satiated comfortable Fill them them them into our our our mind mind until until it it is is is full full until until our our our body body is is is full full Make them them them overflow from our our our our body body expand them them them out When we we we we feel that our our our mind is replete with the the the the the the power power of of merits merits then we we we we should mentally resolve to to to to ourselves: Let the the the the power power of of these merits merits transform into into into mental mental devotion into into into strength into into into conditions for for us to to to to to become a a a a a a a a a person with with with mindfulness concentration wisdom with with with insights and and with with with with immediate access into dhamma Then we should broaden this meritorious mind—expand it it it it it even further without any any boundaries any any extent—make it it it it it as as expansive as as the the the universe Then mentally resolve to to share these merits and wholesomeness with all all our our our our benefactors—be they our our our our parents our our our our teachers our our our our 261
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