Metta is the cultivation of benevolence toward all beings — not as a feeling that arises spontaneously but as a practice deliberately developed, beginning with oneself and extending outward in widening circles. The Buddhist tradition holds that metta is not limited by the worthiness of its object: like sunlight, it can illuminate everyone equally. This domain examines the practice, the philosophy behind it, and what it actually changes in the practitioner.
Each step builds on the last.