The eighth sutta of the Uraga Vagga of the Suttanipāta.

One should be diligent and upright, gentle and not vain glorious, free from deceit. Let none, out of anger, or through resentment, wish misery to another. A person should cherish boundless goodwill towards all beings, like a mother fostering her only son. SN.vss.143-52; also Khp.p.8 f; where it is called Karaṇīyametta Sutta, by which name it is more popularly known.

This sutta was taught by the Buddha to five hundred monks who had obtained from him a formula for meditation and dwelt in a region in the Himavā. The gods there were alarmed by the goodness of the monks and tried to frighten them away. The monks, constantly harassed, sought the Buddha at Sāvatthi. He taught this sutta to them and admonished them on the practice of goodwill. They followed his advice, and the gods, understanding, left them in peace (KhpA.232 ff; cp. DhA.i.313 ff).

The sutta is included in the Paritta discourses.