Metta Sutta

Metta Sutta

This is the way of those who are skilled and peaceful, who seek the good and follow the path:

May they be able and upright, straightforward, of gentle speech and not proud.
May they be content and easy wherever they are.
May they be unburdened, with their senses calm.
May they be wise and not arrogant.
May they live without desire for the possessions of others.
May they do no harm to any living being.

May all beings be happy.
May they live in safety and joy.
All living beings, whether weak or strong, old or young, man or woman, smart or foolish, healthy or disabled, seen or unseen, near or distant, born or to be born, may they all be happy.

Let no one deceive or despise another being, whatever their status.
Let no one by anger or hatred wish harm to another.

As parents watch over their children, willing to risk their own lives to protect them, so with a boundless heart may we cherish every living being, bathing the entire world with unobstructed and unconditional loving-kindness.

Standing or walking, sitting or lying down, in each moment may we remain mindful of this heart and this way of living that is the best in all the world.

Comment: One of the important sutta in Buddhism that addresses on loving-kindness. It was often recited as well as to be meditated upon. It is a rather short discourse but the words are flowing with boundless love and compassion.

Yet living in this hectic world, one gets very cold not to say learning to love unconditionally . We might feel its only possible done by saint of just someone that's really out of today's world, living as a hermit or yogi up the Himalayas. Is it possible to show such boundless love?

I believe there is, just that I have not had the chance to meet him. Boundless love, not limited by religion, country, species, physical boundaries, friends or foes. No motive and only intention is to bless others, wishing everyone to live in bliss and peace. No boundaries of heaven and hell, not even difference in belief system.

For any form of conditioned loves turns love into desire. Desire be it good be it bad, causes one to crave for more. Even once thought constructive desires are prompt to disappointment when things does not go ones way. Boundless compassion and love is never emotionless but loving without clinging to emotions, good and bad.

Just heard from a friend's sharing how her unexpected meeting with Dalai Lama, just a slight gesture of smile and hand gestures, over-whelmed her mind with indescribable compassion, tears just flows down naturally.

Looking forward to have the chance to see His Holiness, even if its just from a distance :)