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Sn 1.8
PTS: Sn 143-152
Karaniya Metta Sutta: The Buddha's Words on Loving-Kindness
translated from the Pali by
The Amaravati Sangha
(c) 2004
Alternate translations: Nanamoli | Buddharakkhita | Piyadassi |
Thanissaro
This sutta also appears at Khp 9.
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This is what should be done By one who is skilled in goodness, And
who knows the path of peace: Let them be able and upright,
Straightforward and gentle in speech, Humble and not conceited,
Contented and easily satisfied, Unburdened with duties and frugal in
their ways. Peaceful and calm and wise and skillful, Not proud or
demanding in nature. Let them not do the slightest thing That the
wise would later reprove. Wishing: In gladness and in safety, May all
beings be at ease. Whatever living beings there may be; Whether they
are weak or strong, omitting none, The great or the mighty, medium,
short or small, The seen and the unseen, Those living near and far
away, Those born and to-be-born -- May all beings be at ease! Let none
deceive another, Or despise any being in any state. Let none through
anger or ill-will Wish harm upon another. Even as a mother protects
with her life Her child, her only child, So with a boundless heart
Should one cherish all living beings; Radiating kindness over the
entire world: Spreading upwards to the skies, And downwards to the
depths; Outwards and unbounded, Freed from hatred and ill-will.
Whether standing or walking, seated or lying down Free from
drowsiness, One should sustain this recollection. This is said to be
the sublime abiding. By not holding to fixed views, The pure-hearted
one, having clarity of vision, Being freed from all sense desires, Is
not born again into this world.
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other restrictions. From Chanting Book: Morning and Evening Puja and
Reflections (Hemel Hempstead: Amaravati Publications, 1994). Used
with permission of the English Sangha Trust, Ltd. Last revised for
Access to Insight on 2 November 2013.
How to cite this document (a suggested style): "Karaniya Metta Sutta:
The Buddha's Words on Loving-Kindness" (Sn 1.8), translated from the
Pali by The Amaravati Sangha. Access to Insight (BCBS Edition), 2
November 2013, http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/snp/
snp.1.08.amar.html .
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