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Metta is a Pali word meaning
'loving-kindness' ~
Metta meditation is a
meditation of compassion and radiant healing power ~ healing power for
yourself, for others and for this world~
A very old Buddhist practice
used to cultivate open heartedness~ an emanating meditation for
awakening and healing self, others and the world. This compassionate
radiance can be poured out from your heart into the world with
miraculous results~
A wide-open door ~ Go
through and find what you are looking for ~within~
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11 Benefits from Practicing
Metta Meditation
"Monks, for one whose awareness-release through good will is
cultivated, developed, pursued, handed the reins and taken as a basis,
given a grounding, steadied, consolidated, and well-undertaken, eleven
benefits can be expected. Which eleven?
"One sleeps easily ~ wakes easily ~ dreams no evil dreams~ One
is dear to human beings ~ dear to non-human beings~ The devas protect
one~ Neither fire ~ poison ~ nor weapons can touch one~ One's mind gains
concentration quickly~ One's complexion is bright~ One dies unconfused
and ~~ if penetrating no higher ~~ is headed for the Brahma worlds~
"These are the eleven benefits that can be expected for one
whose awareness-release through good will is cultivated, developed,
pursued, handed the reins and taken as a basis, given a grounding,
steadied, consolidated, and well-undertaken~"
Anguttara Nikaya XI.16 (Metta Sutra
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Metta Sutta ~The Buddha's Words on Loving-Kindness
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 and demanding in nature.
Let them not do the slightest thing
That the wise would later reprove.
Wishing: In gladness and in saftey,
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 at ease!
Let none deceive another,
Or despise any being 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;
Outwards and unbounded,
Freed from hatred and ill-will.
Whether standing or walking, seated or lying down
Free from drowsiness,
One should sustain this recollection.
This is said to be the sublime abiding.
By not holding to fixed views,
The pure-hearted one, having clarity of vision,
Being freed from all sense desires,
Is not born again into this world.
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