___________________________________________________________ 慈 經 注avidū re.Bhū tā va sambhavesī va, sabbasattā bhavantusukhitattā .6. Na paro paraṁ nikubbetha, nā timaññetha katthaci na kañci.Byā rosanā paṭ ighasaññā , nā ññamaññassadukkhamiccheyya.慈 經 注 ____________________________________________________________vitamiddho.Etaṁ satiṁ adhiṭ ṭ heyya, brahmametaṁvihā ramidhamā hu.10. Diṭ ṭ hiñca anupaggamma, sī lavā dassanena sampanno.Kā mesu vinaya gedhaṁ , na hi jā tuggabbhaseyya punaretī ti. ♥7. Mā tā yathā niyaṁ puttamā yusā ekaputtamanurakkhe;Evampi sabbabhū tesu, mā nasaṁ bhā vayeaparimā ṇaṁ .8. Mettañca sabbalokasmiṁ , mā nasaṁ bhā vayeaparimā ṇaṁ ;Uddhaṁ adho ca tiriyañca, asambā dhaṁ averamasapattaṁ .9. Tiṭ ṭ haṁ caraṁ nisinno va, sayā no yā vatā ssa34
___________________________________________________________ 慈 經 注The Lovingkindness Discourse/ translated by Bhikkhu Ñā ṇ amoli1. What should be done by one with skill in goodThe state of Peace to have attained is this.He would be 1 able, 2 right, 3 upright,And 4 meek and 5 gentle and 6 not proud,2. 7 Contented, 8 easy to support,9 Unbusy, 10 frugal, and 11 serene in faculties,12 Prudent, 13 modest,14 Not fawning upon families.3. 15 He would no slight thing do at allThat other wise men might deplore.[Then he would think]’Joyful and safeLet every creature’s heart rejoice.4. ‘Whatever breathing beings there are,‘No matter whether frail or firm,‘With none excepted, long or big‘Or middle-sized or short or small.5. ‘Or thick, or those seen or unseen,‘Or whether dwelling far or near,5慈 經 注 ____________________________________________________________6‘That are or that yet seek to be,Let every creature’s heart rejoice.6. Let none another one undo.‘Or slight him at all anywhere;‘Let them not wish each other ill‘With provocation or resistive thought’.7. Thus, as a mother with her lifeMight guard her son, her only child,Would he maintain unboundedlyHis thought for every living being.8. His thought of love for all the worldHe would maintain unboundedly,Above, below, and all around,Unchecked, no malice with or foe.9. Standing or walking, seated too,Or lying down the while undrowsing,He would pursue this mindfulness:This is Divine Abiding here, they say.10. But he that traffics not with viewsIs virtuous with perfected seeingTill, purged of greed for sense-desires,He will surely come no more to any womb.--from The Minor Readings ♥