How to Use loving-kindness in a Sentence

loving-kindness

noun
  • One does not need to be a Buddhist to practice loving-kindness.
    Jeremy David Engels, The Conversation, 29 Dec. 2025
  • The benefits of loving-kindness meditation are not just for the individual.
    Jeremy David Engels, The Conversation, 29 Dec. 2025
  • There is also evidence that loving-kindness meditation increases a sense of connection with other people.
    Jeremy David Engels, The Conversation, 29 Dec. 2025
  • The practice of loving-kindness often involves quietly reciting to oneself several traditional phrases designed to evoke metta, and visualizing the beings who will receive that loving-kindness.
    Jeremy David Engels, The Conversation, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Loving-kindness and mindful democracy Clinical research shows that loving-kindness meditation has a positive effect on mental health, including lessening anxiety and depression, increasing life satisfaction and improving self-acceptance while reducing self-criticism.
    Jeremy David Engels, The Conversation, 29 Dec. 2025

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