sn42.13:23.1 Then that noble disciple is rid of desire, rid of ill will, unconfused, aware, and mindful. They meditate spreading a heart full of love to one direction, and to the second, and to the third, and to the fourth. In the same way above, below, across, everywhere, all around, they spread a heart full of love to the whole world—abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity and ill will.
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sn42.13:23.2 They reflect thus:
sn42.13:23.3 ‘That teacher who had this doctrine and view:
sn42.13:23.4 “There’s no meaning in giving, sacrifice, or offerings. There’s no fruit or result of good and bad deeds. There’s no afterlife. There’s no such thing as mother and father, or beings that are reborn spontaneously. And there’s no ascetic or brahmin who is rightly comported and rightly practiced, and who describes the afterlife after realizing it with their own insight.”
sn42.13:23.5 If what this good teacher says is true, it’s a sure bet for me to not hurt any creature firm or frail.
sn42.13:23.6 I hold a winning hand on both counts, since I’m restrained in body, speech, and mind, and when my body breaks up, after death, I’ll be reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.’
sn42.13:23.7 Joy springs up in them.
sn42.13:23.8 Being joyful, rapture springs up.
sn42.13:23.9 When the mind is full of rapture, the body becomes tranquil.
sn42.13:23.10 When the body is tranquil, they feel bliss.
sn42.13:23.11 And when blissful, the mind becomes immersed in samādhi.
sn42.13:23.12 This is that immersion based on understanding of principle.
sn42.13:23.13 If you gain such mental immersion, you can give up that state of uncertainty.