Valentine's Day originated in the 1300s as a celebration of romantic love and personal choice. Over time, it has devolved into a commercial holiday filled with consumer products. Amidst this, the article emphasizes re-discovering love through 'metta,' or loving-kindness, an unconditional form of love practiced in Buddhism. This kind of love is distinguished from romantic love by its limitless nature, offering affection without expectations or demands. The article encourages readers to engage in metta as a way to experience love in a purer form.
Loving-kindness, or metta, is described as "limitless" and "unbounded" love, contrasting with the conditional nature of romantic love.
Metta is a kind of love that is offered without any expectation of return, encapsulating the purest form of genuine affection.
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