Kindness is lesser preferable than happiness: investigating interest in different effects of the loving-kindness and compassion meditations.
BMC Psychology April 26, 2025 Yanhe Deng, Taoyuan Du, Xianglong Zeng et al. 1 citation
The primary purpose of the Loving-kindness and Compassion Meditations (LKCM) in Buddhism was the cultivation of kindness, but many modern LKCM trainings focused on happiness, and even used the "kindness for happiness" strategy that advocate cultivation of kindness for the benefit of happiness. This study investigated whether cultivating kindness was lesser desired than enhancing happiness for...