The sutta I have in mind gives what each brahmavihara is an antidote to: metta as the antidote to ill will, karuna as an antidote to cruelty or harmfulness(?), mudita as antidote to discontent(?), and equanimity as an antidote to…something. There may be more to the sutta. Thanks in advance.

DN 33 has something like that. From the shiny new translation by Venerable Sujato: Six elements of escape. Take a mendicant who says: ‘I’ve developed the heart’s release by love. I’ve cultivated it, made it my vehicle and my basis, kept it up, consolidated it, and properly implemented it. Yet some…

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