If, mendicants, a mendicant cultivates a mind of love even as long as a finger-snap, they’re called a mendicant who does not lack absorption, who follows the Teacher’s instructions, who responds to advice, and who does not eat the country’s alms in vain. How much more so those who make much of it!

AN 1.53: From Accharāsaṅghātavagga: Section on A Fingersnap, translated by Bhikkhu Sujato

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