238. As a mongoose approaches a snake to seize it only after having supplied his own body with medicine, so too, the meditator, the earnest student of meditation, on approaching this world is abounding as it is in anger and malice, plagued by quarrels, strife, contention and hatred, must anoint his mind with the medicine of love.
Milindapanha 394
Shared via Buddha Vacana for Android
http://www.buddhavacana.net
Cattāri Brahmavihārā 
Leave a comment