Monday, September 22, 2008

Meditation: Loving Kindness

More on insight and loving kindness (CD)

Metta Meditation
GOENKA: Vipassana Research Institute

Aham avero homi, abyāpajjho homi. Anīgho homi, sukhī attānam pariharāmi.

"May I be free from animosity, free from suffering, free from trouble. May happiness be with me always."

Mātā-pitu-ācariya-ñāti-samūhā, Averā hontu, abyāpajjhā hontu. Anīghā hontu, sukhī attānam pariharantu.

"May my mother, father, teachers, and relatives be free from animosity, free from aversion, free from trouble. May happiness be with them always."

Ārakkhadevatā bhūmatthadevatā rukkhatthadevatā, Ākāsatthadevatā, averā hontu, abyāpajjhā hontu. Anīghā hontu, sukhī attānam pariharantu.

"May all guardian deities, earth-bound deities, tree-bound deities, sky-bound deities be free from animosity, free from aversion, free from trouble. May happiness be with them always."

Puratthimāya disāya, puratthimāya anudisāya. Dakkhināya disāya, dakkhināya anudisāya. Pacchimāya disāya, pacchimāya anudisāya. Uttarāya disāya, uttarāya anudisāya. Uparimāya disāya, hetthimāya disāya.

"In the direction of the east, in the direction of the south-east, in the direction of the south, in the direction of the south-west, in the direction of the west, in the direction of the north-west, in the direction of the north, in the direction of the north-east, in the direction above, in the direction below."

Sabbe sattā, sabbe pānā, sabbe bhūtā, sabbe puggalā, sabbe attabhāvapariyāpannā, sabbā itthiyo, sabbe purisā, sabbe ariyā, sabbe anariyā, sabbe manussā, sabbe amanussā, sabbe devā, sabbe vinipātikā– averā hontu, avyāpajjhā hontu, anīghā hontu, sukhī attānam pariharantu.

"May all beings, all living creatures, all creatures, all individuals, all forms of life, all women, all men, all those who have attained purity of mind, all those who have not yet attained purity of mind, all devas, all humans, all non-humans, all celestial beings, and all those in states of woe be free from animosity, free from aversion, free from trouble. May happiness be with them always."
  • Northern California Vipassana Center, P.O. Box 265, Cobb, CA 95426-0265, Ph: (707) 928-9981 info@manda.dhamma.org
  • California Vipassana Center, P.O. Box 1167, North Fork, CA 93643, Ph: (559) 877-4386, Fax: 559-877-4387 info@mahavana.dhamma.org
  • Southern California Vipassana Center, P.O. Box 486, Joshua Tree, CA 92252 Ph: (760) 362-4615 info@vaddhana.dhamma.org

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