182. Just as the radiance of all stars is not worth a sixteenth part of the moon’s radiance; just as in the last month of the rainy season in the autumn, when the sky is clear and free from clouds, the sun rises into the sky and flashes, radiates and dispels all darkness; just as in the pre-dawn light the healing star shines, flashes and radiates; so too, whatever good deeds one might do for the purpose of a good rebirth, none of them are worth a sixteenth part of that love which frees the mind. It is the love that frees the mind which shines, flashes and radiates forth out-surpassing all those good deeds.
Whoever makes love grow boundless,
And sets their mind for seeing the end of birth,
Their fetters are worn thin.
If with a pure mind one feels love
Towards even a single being,
That alone makes one a good person.
Having a mind filled with compassion,
The Noble One does great good.
It.20-1 (Iti 27)
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