Inner Practice: Loving Kindness Metta
This is what should be done,
By one who is skilled in goodness,
And who knows the path of peace.
Let them be able and upright.
Straightforward and gentle in speech,
Humble and not conceited,
Contented and easily satisfied,
Unburdened with duties,
And frugal in their ways.
Peaceful and calm and wise and skillful,
Not proud or demanding in nature,
Let them not do the slightest thing,
That the wise would later reprove.
Wishing in gladness and in safety.
May all beings be at ease.
Whatever living beings there may be,
Whether they are weak or strong ,
Omitting none,
The great or the mighty,
Medium, short or small,
The seen and the unseen,
Those living near and far away,
Those born and to be born,
May all beings be happy.
Let none deceive another,
Or despise any beings in any state.
Let none through anger or ill will,
Wish harm upon another.
Even as a mother
Protects with her life her child,
Her only child
So with a boundless heart,
Should one cherish all living beings,
Radiating kindness
Over the entire world.
Spreading upwards to the skies
And downwards to the depths.
Outward and unbounded,
Free from hatred and ill will,
Whether standing or walking,
Seated or lying down,
Free from drowsiness,
One should sustain these recollections.
This is said to be the sublime abiding
By not holding to fixed view.
The pure hearted one
Having clarity or vision
Being free from all sense desires
Is not born again into this world.
