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Itivuttaka 27

Mettābhāvanāsutta

The Meditation on Love · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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this was said indeedVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā said by the Perfected One, they sayvuttamarahatāti by meme heardsutaṁ:

whatever“Yāni whatsoeverkānici, monksbhikkhave, worldlyopadhikāni grounds for making meritpuññakiriyavatthūni allsabbāni thesetāni by lovemettāya of the heart's releasecetovimuttiyā a partkalaṁ are not worthnāgghanti a sixteenth partsoḷasiṁ.
love indeedMettāyeva thosetāni heart's releasecetovimutti having surpassedadhiggahetvā shinesbhāsate andca glowstapate andca dazzlesvirocati andca.

just asSeyyathāpi, monksbhikkhave, whateveryā anykāci of star-formstārakarūpānaṁ radiancepabhā allsabbā thattā of the mooncandiyā with radiancepabhāya a fractionkalaṁ are not worthnāgghanti a sixteenth partsoḷasiṁ, the moon's radiance itselfcandapabhāyeva thattā having surpassedadhiggahetvā shinesbhāsate andca glowstapate andca dazzlesvirocati andca;
in the same wayevamevaṁ indeedkho, monksbhikkhave, whateveryāni anykānici worldlyopadhikāni grounds for making meritpuññakiriyavatthūni allsabbāni thattāni by lovemettāya by heart's releasecetovimuttiyā a fractionkalaṁ are not worthnāgghanti a sixteenth partsoḷasiṁ, love itselfmettāyeva thattāni heart's releasecetovimutti having surpassedadhiggahetvā shinesbhāsate andca glowstapate andca dazzlesvirocati andca.

just asSeyyathāpi, monksbhikkhave, of the rainsvassānaṁ in the lastpacchime monthmāse in autumnsaradasamaye clearviddhe free of cloudsvigatavalāhake in the skydeve the sunādicco the firmamentnabhaṁ rising upabbhussakkamāno allsabbaṁ in the skyākāsagataṁ in darknesstamagataṁ having dispelledabhivihacca shinesbhāsate andca glowstapate andca dazzlesvirocati andca;
in the same wayevamevaṁ indeedkho, monksbhikkhave, whateveryāni anykānici worldlyopadhikāni grounds for making meritpuññakiriyavatthūni allsabbāni thesetāni of lovemettāya of the heart's releasecetovimuttiyā a partkalaṁ are not worthnāgghanti a sixteenthsoḷasiṁ, love alonemettāyeva thesetāni heart's releasecetovimutti having surpassedadhiggahetvā shinesbhāsate andca glowstapate andca dazzlesvirocati andca.

just asSeyyathāpi, monksbhikkhave, of the nightrattiyā at dawnpaccūsasamayaṁ the morning starosadhitārakā shinesbhāsate andca glowstapate andca dazzlesvirocati andca;
in the same wayevamevaṁ indeedkho, monksbhikkhave, whateveryāni anykānici worldlyopadhikāni grounds for making meritpuññakiriyavatthūni allsabbāni thesetāni by lovemettāya of the heart's releasecetovimuttiyā a partkalaṁ are not worthnāgghanti a sixteenthsoḷasiṁ, love itselfmettāyeva thesetāni heart's releasecetovimutti surpassingadhiggahetvā shinesbhāsate andca glowstapate andca dazzlesvirocati andcā”ti.
this matterEtamatthaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavā spokeavoca.
on thisTatthetaṁ it is saiditi is saidvuccati:

whoever“Yo andca lovemettaṁ developsbhāvayati,
limitlessappamāṇaṁ mindfulpaṭissato;
thinTanū fetterssaṁyojanā becomehonti,
seeingpassato ending of attachmentsupadhikkhayaṁ.

even oneEkampi ifce a creature with a hateless heartpāṇamaduṭṭhacitto,
lovesMettāyati goodkusalo by thattena becomeshoti;
allSabbe andca creaturespāṇe with a sympathetic mindmanasānukampaṁ,
a noble one, abundantPahūtamariyo createspakaroti meritpuññaṁ.

whoYe with its living beingssattasaṇḍaṁ earthpathaviṁ having conqueredvijitvā,
royal sagesRājisayo went around sponsoring sacrificesyajamānānupariyagā;
horse sacrificeAssamedhaṁ human sacrificepurisamedhaṁ,
casting of the yoke-pinSammāpāsaṁ royal soma drinkingvājapeyyaṁ unimpededniraggaḷaṁ.

of loving-kindnessMettassa of mindcittassa developed,subhāvitassa,
even a fractionKalampi thesete are not worthnānubhavanti a sixteenth part;soḷasiṁ;
moonlightCandappabhā like the host of starstāragaṇāva all.sabbe.

whoeverYo notna killshanti notna causes to killghāteti,
notna conquersjināti notna encourages to conquerjāpaye;
with loveMettaṁso for all living creaturessabbabhūtesu,
enmityveraṁ for himtassa notna for anyonekenacī”ti.

and this tooAyampi matterattho spokenvutto by the Blessed Onebhagavatā, thusiti by meme heardsutanti.
the seventhSattamaṁ.
the thirdTatiyo sectionvaggo.

its summaryTassuddānaṁ
mindCittaṁ loving-kindnessmettaṁ bothubho goalsatthe,
heappuñjaṁ Mount Vepullavepullapabbataṁ;
deliberate false speechSampajānamusāvādo,
and givingdānañca development of loving-kindnessmettabhāvanā.

these twenty-sevenSattimāni andca discourses,suttāni,
the precedingpurimāni andca twenty;vīsati;
on the one-dhammaEkadhammesu discourses,suttantā,
comprised in the twenty-seven.sattavīsatisaṅgahāti.
The Book of OnesEkakanipāto is finished.niṭṭhito.

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