May I be free from
enmity/danger
May I be free from mental suffering
May I be free
from physical suffering
May I take care of myself happily.
May my father and
mother and teachers
Relatives and friends and fellow
meditators
May they be free from enmity
Be free from mental
suffering
Be free from physical suffering
Take care of themselves
happily.
In this
Monastery/meditation place
All yogis/meditators
May they be free
from enmity
Be free from mental suffering
Be free from physical
suffering
Take care of themselves happily.
In this
monastery/meditation place
May all bhikkhus
And
samaneras
Laymen
And laywomen
Be free from
enmity.
What should be done
by one skilled in good
wishing to attain the state of peace is
this:
(he/she should be)
capable
and frank
and extremely honest
meek
and
gentle
not proud.
And contented
and
easy to support
and few duties
frugal
and serene in
faculties
and prudent
not rude
not fawning on
families.
He should not do
even the slightest thing
which other wise men
might
deplore
(then he should think) may they be happy and safe
may all
beings be happy.
Whatever living
things that exist
weak
or strong
without
exception
long
or big
or medium-sized
short, small or
bulky.
Those seen
(visible)
or even unseen (not visible)
and those dwelling near or
far
or creatures that still seek to be
may all beings be
happy.
Let no one deceive
another
nor despise anyone anywhere
in anger or ill-will
let
them not wish each other harm.
Just as a mother
might guard her son
with her life, her only child
just so towards
all beings
let him cultivate boundless mind.
Let loving thoughts
for all the world
be maintained boundlessly
above, below and all
around
unchecked, without hate or enmity.
Standing, walking or
sitting or lying down
so long as he is not sleepy
he should
develop this mindfulness
this is called divine abiding
here.
And not falling into
(wrong) views
virtuous, endowed with vision
removing greed for
sensual pleasures
he will surely not born in any womb again.
