The Discourse on Loving-Kindness
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Karaṇīyamatthakusalena,
yantaṃ
santaṃ
padaṃ
abhisamecca;
Sakko
ujū
ca
suhujū
ca,
suvaco
cassa
mudu
anatimānī.
This should be done by one skilled in the good, having understood that peaceful state: one should be able, upright, thoroughly upright, easy to instruct, gentle, and not conceited.
Santussako
ca
subharo
ca,
appakicco
ca
sallahukavutti;
Santindriyo
ca
nipako
ca,
appagabbho
kulesvananugiddho.
Content and easy to support, with few duties and frugal habits, with calmed senses and prudent, not impudent, not greedy among the families that support him.
Na
ca
khuddamācare
kiñci,
yena
viññū
pare
upavadeyyuṃ;
Sukhino
va
khemino
hontu,
sabbasattā
bhavantu
sukhitattā.
And let one not do the slightest thing for which the wise might reproach one. May all beings be happy and secure; may all beings be happy at heart.
Ye
keci
pāṇabhūtatthi,
tasā
vā
thāvarā
vā
anavasesā;
Dīghā
vā
ye
va
mahantā,
majjhimā
rassakā
aṇukathūlā.
Whatever living beings there are — frail or firm, without exception — the long or the large, the middle-sized, the short, the subtle or the gross.
Diṭṭhā
vā
ye
va
adiṭṭhā,
ye
va
dūre
vasanti
avidūre;
Bhūtā
va
sambhavesī
va,
sabbasattā
bhavantu
sukhitattā.
Seen or unseen, dwelling far or near, born or seeking birth — may all beings be happy at heart.
Na
paro
paraṃ
nikubbetha,
nātimaññetha
katthaci
na
kañci;
Byārosanā
paṭighasaññā,
nāññamaññassa
dukkhamiccheyya.
Let none deceive another, nor despise anyone anywhere; let none through anger or thoughts of aversion wish suffering upon another.
Mātā
yathā
niyaṃ
puttamāyusā
ekaputtamanurakkhe;
Evampi
sabbabhūtesu,
mānasaṃ
bhāvaye
aparimāṇaṃ.
Just as a mother would protect her only child with her own life, even so let one cultivate a boundless mind toward all beings.
Mettañca
sabbalokasmi,
mānasaṃ
bhāvaye
aparimāṇaṃ;
Uddhaṃ
adho
ca
tiriyañca,
asambādhaṃ
averamasapattaṃ.
Let one cultivate a boundless mind of loving-kindness toward the whole world: above, below, and across — unobstructed, without enmity, without rivalry.
Tiṭṭhaṃ
caraṃ
nisinno
va,
sayāno
yāvatāssa
vitamiddho;
Etaṃ
satiṃ
adhiṭṭheyya,
brahmametaṃ
vihāramidhamāhu.
Standing, walking, sitting, or lying down, as long as one is free of drowsiness, let one resolve upon this mindfulness: this, they say, is the divine abiding here and now.
Diṭṭhiñca
anupaggamma,
sīlavā
dassanena
sampanno;
Kāmesu
vinaya
gedhaṃ,
na
hi
jātuggabbhaseyya
punaretīti.
Not falling into views, virtuous, endowed with insight, having subdued greed for sense pleasures — one surely comes no more to lie in a womb.
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