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Khuddakapāṭha 9

Mettāsutta

The Teaching on Love · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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by one skilled in what should be done and the goalKaraṇīyamatthakusalena,
that whichYanta peacefulsantaṁ statepadaṁ having fully understoodabhisamecca;
capableSakko uprightujū andca very uprightsuhujū andca,
easy to speak toSūvaco and may they becassa gentlemudu humbleanatimānī.

together·contentSantussako andca unburdensomesubharo andca,
little·dutyAppakicco andca light·livingsallahukavutti;
calmed·facultiesSantindriyo andca alertnipako andca,
little·prideAppagabbho not fawning on familieskulesvananugiddho.

notNa andca slight·dokhuddamācare anythingkiñci,
by whichYena wiseviññū otherspare would blameupavadeyyuṁ;
happySukhino indeedva safekhemino may they behontu,
all·beingSabbasattā may they bebhavantu happysukhitattā.

whicheverYe whateverkeci breath·becomepāṇabhūtatthi,
frailTasā orvā firmthāvarā forest·withoutvanavasesā;
longDīghā orvā whichye orva largemahantā,
mediumMajjhimā smallrassakā tiny or roundaṇukathūlā.

seenDiṭṭhā orvā whoye orva not·seeadiṭṭhā,
whoYe orva fardūre they dwellvasanti not·faravidūre;
those who have been bornBhūtā orva with·becomesambhavesī orva,
all·beingSabbasattā may they bebhavantu happysukhitattā.

notNa oneparo anotherparaṁ should deceivenikubbetha,
not·over·thinkNātimaññetha anywherekatthaci notna anyonekañci;
through provocationByārosanā aggrieved perceptionpaṭighasañña,
not·each otherNāññamaññassa should wish paindukkhamiccheyya.

a motherMātā asyathā her ownniyaṁ childputtam
with her lifeĀyusā one·child + protectekaputtamanurakkhe;
thus + tooEvampi all + creaturessabbabhūtesu,
a heartMānasaṁ unfoldbhāvaye boundlessaparimāṇaṁ.

and loveMettañca whole·worldsabbalokasmi,
heartMānasaṁ unfoldbhāvaye not·measureaparimāṇaṁ;
aboveUddhaṁ belowadho andca and all roundtiriyañca,
not·constrictedAsambādhaṁ not·enmity·not·foeaveramasapattaṁ.

standingTiṭṭhaṁ walkingcaraṁ sittingnisinno orva,
lying downSayāno while yet unwearyyāvatāssa unwearyvitamiddho;
thisEtaṁ mindfulnesssatiṁ should keepadhiṭṭheyya,
divine + thisBrahmametaṁ they say, is a meditation in this lifevihāramidhamāhu.

view·andDiṭṭhiñca not having gone toanupaggamma,
virtuousSīlavā with insightdassanena accomplishedsampanno;
in sensual pleasuresKāmesu dispelledvinaya desiregedhaṁ,
notNa indeedhi to a womb againjātuggabbhaseyya they returnpunaretīti.

loving-kindness·discourseMettasuttaṁ.

Khuddaka·text·canonical textKhuddakapāṭhapāḷi is finishedniṭṭhitā.

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