sn20.3:1.1 At Sāvatthī.
sn20.3:1.2 “Mendicants, those families with many women and few men are easy prey for bandits and grain-jar thieves.
sn20.3:1.3 In the same way any mendicant who has not developed and cultivated the heart’s release by love is easy prey for non-humans.
sn20.3:1.4 Those families with few women and many men are hard prey for bandits and grain-jar thieves.
sn20.3:1.5 In the same way a mendicant who has developed and cultivated the heart’s release by love is hard prey for non-humans.
sn20.3:1.6 So you should train like this:
sn20.3:1.7 ‘We will develop the heart’s release by love. We’ll cultivate it, make it our vehicle and our basis, keep it up, consolidate it, and properly implement it.’
sn20.3:1.8 That’s how you should train.”