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Snp 1.8
PTS: Sn 143-152
Karaniya Metta Sutta:
Good Will
translated from the Pali
by
Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Alternate translations: Ñanamoli | Amaravati | Buddharakkhita | Piyadassi
This sutta also appears
at Khp 9
This is to be done by
one skilled in aims who wants to break through to the state of peace: Be
capable, upright, & straightforward, easy to instruct, gentle, & not
conceited, content & easy to support, with few duties, living lightly, with
peaceful faculties, masterful, modest, & no greed for supporters. Do not do
the slightest thing that the wise would later censure. Think: Happy, at rest,
may all beings be happy at heart. Whatever beings there may be, weak or strong,
without exception, long, large, middling, short, subtle, blatant, seen &
unseen, near & far, born & seeking birth: May all beings be happy at
heart. Let no one deceive another or despise anyone anywhere, or through anger
or irritation wish for another to suffer. As a mother would
risk her life to protect her child, her only child, even so should one
cultivate a limitless heart with regard to all beings. With good will for the
entire cosmos, cultivate a limitless heart: Above, below, & all around,
unobstructed, without enmity or hate. Whether standing, walking, sitting, or
lying down, as long as one is alert, one should be resolved on this
mindfulness. This is called a sublime abiding here & now. Not taken with
views, but virtuous & consummate in vision, having subdued desire for
sensual pleasures, one never again will lie in the womb.
Respected Sir,
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84000 Khandas As
Found in the Pali Suttas
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Traditionally there are 84,000 Dhamma Doors - 84,000 ways to get |
The discourses of Buddha are divided
into 84,000, as to separate addresses. The division includes all that was
spoken by Buddha.”I received from Buddha,” said Ananda, “82,000 Khandas,
and from the priests 2000; these are
84,000 Khandas maintained by me.” They are divided into 275,250, as to the
stanzas of the original text, and into 361,550, as to the stanzas of the
commentary. All the discourses including both those of Buddha and those of the
commentator, are divided into 2,547
banawaras, containing 737,000 stanzas, and 29,368,000 separate letters.
A team is working to translate all the
Pali Suttas to English. It will take 20 years to do so.
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