METTA SUTTA (Sutta-nipta, Uragavagga 8.

) Karaya atthakusalena yan ta santa pada abhisamecca: sakko uj ca sj ca suvaco c assa mudu anatimn, 1. santussako ca subharo ca appakicco ca sallahukavutti santindriyo ca nipako ca appagabbho kulesu ananugiddho, na ca khudda samcare kici, yena vi pare upavadeyy. Sukhino v khemino hontu sabbe satt bhavantu sukhitatt: ye keci pabht atthi tas v thvar v anavases dgh v ye mahant v majjhim rassak aukathl, dih v ye v addih, ye ca dre vasanti avidre, bht v sambhaves v,sabbe satt bhavantu sukhitatt.

ON LOVING KINDNESS

This is what should do the one who is skilled in goodness, And who seeks to attain the path of peace: Let him be able and upright, entirely upright, Of soft speech, gentle and not conceited. Contented and easily supported, Free of duties and of unburdened livelihood, With his senses calmed and prudent, not proud, without greed, when going his round in families. Let him not do the slightest wrong action that the wise men would later reprove. (Thinking:)May all beings be happy and calm, May all beings be at ease. Whatever beings there may be; Whether they are feeble or strong, omitting none, the long or the great, medium, short or stout, The seen and the unseen, Those dwelling near and far away, Those born or to-be-bornMay all beings be at ease. Let none deceive another, nor despise any being in any place. Let none through anger or ill-will Wish any harm upon another. Just as a mother protects with her life Her child, her only child, So let him cherish all living beings with a boundless heart. Let him radiate kindness over the whole world: Upwards to the skies and downwards to the depths, And also across them; unbounded, freed from hatred and enmity. Whether standing or walking, seated or lying down, Freed from drowsiness, One should sustain this attentiveness. This is said to be the sublime abiding. By not holding to abstract views, The virtuous one, having clarity of vision, Being released from all sense desires, Is not born again from a mother`s womb.

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Na paro para nikubbetha, ntimaetha katthacina kaci, vyrosan paighasa namaassa dukkha iccheyya. 6. Mt yath niya putta yus ekaputtam anurakkhe, evam pi sabbabhtesu mnasam bhvaye aparima. Metta ca sabbalokasmi mnasam bhvaye aparima uddha adho ca tiriya ca asambdha avera asapatta.

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Tiha cara nisinno v sayno v yvat assa vigatamiddho, eta sati adhiheyya, brahmam eta vihra idha-m-hu. 9. Dii ca anupagamma slav dassanena sampanno kmesu vineyya gedha, na hi jtu gabbhaseyya punar et ti 10.