loving-kindness


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lov′ing-kind′ness



n.
tender kindness motivated by or expressing affection.
[1525–35]
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Noun1.loving-kindness - tender kindness motivated by a feeling of affection
kindness - the quality of being warmhearted and considerate and humane and sympathetic
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And what loving-kindness, oh Lord, what loving-kindness I felt at times in those dreams of mine!
Remember Thy bounteous mercy and loving-kindness which are from of old; turn not Thy face from us, but be gracious to our unworthiness, and in Thy great goodness and Thy many mercies regard not our transgressions and iniquities!
There was neither vice nor wickedness in him, but only sincerity and loving-kindness. It was evidently possible to be virtuous and unbelieving.
Deep peace pervaded me as I lay outstretched in my narrow rocking bed, as it might be in my coffin; a trust in my Maker's will to save me if that were for the best, a trust in His final wisdom and loving-kindness, even though this night should be my last on earth.
It was not until after separation on the following morning that the captain and his men ascertained the secret of all this loving-kindness. In the course of their fraternal caresses, the Crows had contrived to empty the pockets of their white brothers; to abstract the very buttons from their coats, and, above all, to make free with their hunting knives.
"Why, you can have the religion of loving-kindness and purity at least, if you can't have--what do you call it--dogma."
He is apparently conscious of having erred, in too energetically pressing his deeds of loving-kindness on persons unable to appreciate them.
'Perhaps the holy man will be merciful in loving-kindness, sar, otherwise -'
Sweet, and Lanmiao He, studied the mood-boosting potential of three strategies: loving-kindness, interconnectedness and downward social comparison.
Sweet, and Lanmiao He compared the mood-boosting potential of three such strategies: loving-kindness, interconnectedness, and downward social comparison.
Loving-kindness: Looking at the people they see and thinking to themselves, "I wish for this person to be happy." Students were encouraged to really mean it as they were thinking it.