Visuddhimagga IX-4

Ayañhi mettā appiyapuggale, atippiyasahāyake, majjhatte, verīpuggaleti imesu catūsu paṭhamaṃ na bhāvetabbā.

即是此慈最初对（1）不爱的人，（2）极爱的朋友，（3）中间人（无关者），（4）敌人等的四种人不应修习；

Ñ(IX,4): For lovingkindness should not be developed at first towards the following four kinds of persons: an antipathetic person, a very dearly loved friend, a neutral person, and a hostile person.



Liṅgavisabhāge odhiso na bhāvetabbā. Kālakate na bhāvetabbāva.

（5）不应专对异性修习，（6）绝对不应对死者修习。

Ñ: Also it should not be developed specifically (see §49) towards the opposite sex, or towards a dead person.



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