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.
Those who are skilled in the meaning of scripture should practice as follows to realize the state of peace. Let them be capable and upright, very upright, easy to speak to, gentle and humble;
together·contentSantussako
andca
unburdensomesubharo
andca,
little·dutyAppakicco
andca
light·livingsallahukavutti;
calmed·facultiesSantindriyo
andca
alertnipako
andca,
little·prideAppagabbho
not fawning on familieskulesvananugiddho.
content and unburdensome, unbusied, living lightly, alert, with senses calmed, courteous, not fawning on families.
notNa
andca
slight·dokhuddamācare
anythingkiñci,
by whichYena
wiseviññū
otherspare
would blameupavadeyyuṁ;
happySukhino
indeedva
safekhemino
may they behontu,
all·beingSabbasattā
may they bebhavantu
happysukhitattā.
Let them not do the slightest thing that others who are wise would blame. May they be happy and safe! May all beings be happy!
whicheverYe
whateverkeci
breath·becomepāṇabhūtatthi,
frailTasā
orvā
firmthāvarā
forest·withoutvanavasesā;
longDīghā
orvā
whichye
orva
largemahantā,
mediumMajjhimā
smallrassakā
tiny or roundaṇukathūlā.
Whatever living creatures there are with not a one left out— frail or firm, long or large, medium, small, tiny or round,
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.
seen or unseen, living far or near, those who have been born and those about to be born— may all beings be happy!
notNa
oneparo
anotherparaṁ
should deceivenikubbetha,
not·over·thinkNātimaññetha
anywherekatthaci
notna
anyonekañci;
through provocationByārosanā
aggrieved perceptionpaṭighasañña,
not·each otherNāññamaññassa
should wish paindukkhamiccheyya.
Let none deceive another, nor look down on anyone anywhere. Though provoked or aggrieved, let them not wish pain on each other.
a motherMātā
asyathā
her ownniyaṁ
childputtam
with her lifeĀyusā
one·child + protectekaputtamanurakkhe;
thus + tooEvampi
all + creaturessabbabhūtesu,
a heartMānasaṁ
unfoldbhāvaye
boundlessaparimāṇaṁ.
Even as a mother would protect with her life her child, her only child, so too for all creatures unfold a boundless heart.
and loveMettañca
whole·worldsabbalokasmi,
heartMānasaṁ
unfoldbhāvaye
not·measureaparimāṇaṁ;
aboveUddhaṁ
belowadho
andca
and all roundtiriyañca,
not·constrictedAsambādhaṁ
not·enmity·not·foeaveramasapattaṁ.
With love for the whole world, unfold a boundless heart: above, below, all round, unconstricted, without enmity or foe.
standingTiṭṭhaṁ
walkingcaraṁ
sittingnisinno
orva,
lying downSayāno
while yet unwearyyāvatāssa
unwearyvitamiddho;
thisEtaṁ
mindfulnesssatiṁ
should keepadhiṭṭheyya,
divine + thisBrahmametaṁ
they say, is a meditation in this lifevihāramidhamāhu.
When standing, walking, sitting, or lying down while yet unweary, keep this ever in mind; for this, they say, is a divine meditation in this life.
view·andDiṭṭhiñca
not having gone toanupaggamma,
virtuousSīlavā
with insightdassanena
accomplishedsampanno;
in sensual pleasuresKāmesu
dispelledvinaya
desiregedhaṁ,
notNa
indeedhi
to a womb againjātuggabbhaseyya
they returnpunaretīti.
Avoiding harmful views, virtuous, accomplished in insight, with desire for sensual pleasures dispelled, they never return to a womb again.
loving-kindness·discourseMettasuttaṁ.
The Discourse on Loving-kindness.
Khuddaka·text·canonical textKhuddakapāṭhapāḷi is finishedniṭṭhitā.
The Khuddakapāṭha text is finished.
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