Metta Sutta

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The Karaniya Metta Sutta (often referred to simply as the Metta Sutta) is a Buddhist scripture found in the Sutta Nipata. Written in verse form, the Metta Sutta extols the practice of the Buddhist virtue of metta, or unconditional love and kindness. The Metta Sutta contains a number of recollections or recitations that are promote the development of metta. The sutra is often used in the practice of metta meditation. It is often recited as part of religious services in the Theravada tradition. Cultivating metta through the recitation of the metta sutta is sometimes believed to have apotropaic powers within the Theravada tradition.^{[citation needed]}