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Itivuttaka 27

Mettābhāvanāsutta

The Meditation on Love · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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said + indeed + this + thatVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā said + Perfected One·they sayvuttamarahatāti by meme heardsutaṁ:

whatever“Yāni whatsoeverkānici, monksbhikkhave, worldlyopadhikāni merit·making·groundspuññakiriyavatthūni allsabbāni thesetāni by lovemettāya heart·releasecetovimuttiyā a partkalaṁ are not worthnāgghanti a sixteenth partsoḷasiṁ.
love·indeedMettāyeva thosetāni heart·releasecetovimutti over·having takenadhiggahetvā shinesbhāsate andca glowstapate andca dazzlesvirocati andca.

just asSeyyathāpi, monksbhikkhave, whateveryā anykāci star·formtārakarūpānaṁ radiancepabhā allsabbā thattā of the mooncandiyā with radiancepabhāya a fractionkalaṁ are not worthnāgghanti a sixteenth partsoḷasiṁ, moon·radiance·justcandapabhāyeva 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·justmettāyeva 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 dawn·timepaccūsasamayaṁ herb·starosadhitārakā shinesbhāsate andca glowstapate andca intensive·shinevirocati andca;
in the same wayevamevaṁ indeedkho, monksbhikkhave, whateveryāni anykānici mundane·worldlyopadhikāni merit·making·groundpuññakiriyavatthūni allsabbāni thesetāni by lovemettāya heart·releasecetovimuttiyā a partkalaṁ are not worthnāgghanti a sixteenthsoḷasiṁ, love itselfmettāyeva thesetāni heart·releasecetovimutti over·surpassadhiggahetvā shinesbhāsate andca glowstapate andca intensive·shinevirocati andcā”ti.
this + matterEtamatthaṁ the Blessed Onebhagavā spokeavoca.
this + thisTatthetaṁ it is saiditi is saidvuccati:

whoever“Yo andca lovemettaṁ developsbhāvayati,
not·measureappamāṇaṁ mindfulpaṭissato;
thinTanū together·fettersaṁyojanā becomehonti,
seeingpassato attachment·endingupadhikkhayaṁ.

one·evenEkampi ifce creature·not·hatred·heartpāṇamaduṭṭhacitto,
lovesMettāyati goodkusalo by thattena becomeshoti;
allSabbe andca creaturespāṇe mind·sympathymanasānukampaṁ,
abundant·noblePahūtamariyo createspakaroti meritpuññaṁ.

whoYe living being·multitudesattasaṇḍaṁ earthpathaviṁ having conqueredvijitvā,
king·sageRājisayo went around sponsoring sacrificesyajamānānupariyagā;
horse·sacrificeAssamedhaṁ human sacrificepurisamedhaṁ,
yoke-pin·castingSammāpāsaṁ soma·drinkingvājapeyyaṁ unimpededniraggaḷaṁ.

of loving-kindnessMettassa of mindcittassa well·developedsubhāvitassa,
part·evenKalampi thesete are not worthnānubhavanti a sixteenth part;soḷasiṁ;
moon·lightCandappabhā star·host·liketāragaṇāva 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.

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 Vepulla·mountainvepullapabbataṁ;
deliberate·false speechSampajānamusāvādo,
giving·anddānañca loving-kindness·developmentmettabhāvanā.

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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