The answer I had given was indeed considered the correct one for the intensive practice of metta.

be free from pain.

As the Buddha said in the Dhammapada:

down there was another step, while his shadow kept up with them without the slightest difficulty. He attributed his failure to the fact that he was not running fast enough. So he ran faster and faster, without stopping, until he finally dropped dead. He failed to realize that if he merely stepped into the shade, his shadow would vanish, and if he

contrast, the spirit of metta is unconditional: open and unobstructed.

“May I be free from danger.”

physical happiness. May they have ease of well-being.” “May all living beings be free from danger. May they have mental happiness. May they have physical happiness. May they have ease of well-being.” “May all creatures be free from danger. May they have mental happiness. May they have physical happiness. May they have ease of well-being.” “May all

The Buddha taught his students to develop a power of love so strong that the mind becomes like space that cannot be tainted. If someone throws paint, it is not the air that will change color. Space will not hold the paint; it will not grasp it in any way. Only the walls, the barriers to space, can be affected by the paint. The Buddha taught his

“May I have physical happiness.”