… unlimited goodwill (mettā), unlimited compassion (karuṇā), unlimited empathetic joy (muditā), and unlimited equanimity (upekkhā).
Bhava: Becoming. A sense of identity within a particular world of experience. The three levels of becoming are on the level of sensuality, form, and formlessness.
Bhikkhu: A Buddhist monk.
Chedi (Thai): A spired monument, usually containing relics of the Buddha or other arahants.
Deva (-tā): Literally, “shining one.” An …
… Iti uddham-adho tiriyaṁ sabbadhi sabbattatāya sabbāvantaṁ lokaṁ, mettā-karuṇā-muditā-upekkhā-sahagatena cetasā, catuddisaṁ pharitvā viharati,
When one dwells spreading an awareness imbued with good will, compassion, empathetic joy, & equanimity in this way to the four directions, above, below, around, in every way throughout the entire cosmos,
Sukhaṁ supati, Sukhaṁ paṭibujjhati, Na pāpakaṁ supinaṁ passati,
one sleeps with ease, wakes with ease, dreams …
… That’s why, when we discuss issues like metta, goodwill, it’s not just
a matter of sitting with that determination—although that’s an
important part at the beginning, being mindful of our general goal.
But it’s also a matter of how we think about implementing that goal,
how we carry it through. We usually don’t think about this while we …
… When we first were setting up Wat Metta, a lot of Americans came and
said, “Well, now that you’re in America, you have to change things.
You can’t hold to the rules you held to in Thailand. You can’t do
things the way you did them in Thailand because now you’re in America.
Things are different here.” My response was …
La bienveillance
La bienveillance (mettā) est un vœu de bonheur véritable. En tant qu’exercice de médiation, cela consiste à répandre des pensées bienveillantes à vous-même et à tous les êtres vivants dans toutes les directions, et dans tous les différents niveaux du cosmos. Le Bouddha recommanda la manière suivante d’exprimer ce vœu : « Que tous les êtres soient libres de toute animosité …
… In the case of mettā, we’re training ourselves in qualities of the heart, but this training also requires some understanding. This is why we’re dealing with these concepts, because the more the concepts are aimed at getting the best results, the better your heart and the mind work together.
Q: This is an illustration. I would like to better understand sati. Is …
… Here at Wat Metta we benefited
from what he did as well, because he kept Thailand together all those
years when other countries in the area were falling apart. That gave
the ajaans had the opportunity to practice. People from other nations
came and had the opportunity to practice with the ajaans. Then they
could bring the Dhamma out to the rest of the …
… Iti uddham-adho tiriyaṁ sabbadhi sabbattatāya sabbāvantaṁ lokaṁ, mettā-karuṇā-muditā-upekkhā-sahagatena cetasā, catuddisaṁ pharitvā viharati,
When one dwells spreading an awareness imbued with good will, compassion, empathetic joy, & equanimity in this way to the four directions, above, below, around, in every way throughout the entire cosmos,
Sukhaṁ supati, Sukhaṁ paṭibujjhati, Na pāpakaṁ supinaṁ passati,
one sleeps with ease, wakes with ease, dreams …
… sensuality (and of the household life).
4. Paññā-pāramī: the search for discernment.
5. Viriya-pāramī: persistence.
6. Khanti-pāramī: endurance, patience.
7. Sacca-pāramī: truthfulness.
8. Adhiṭṭhāna-pāramī: determination.
9. Mettā-pāramī: goodwill.
10. Upekkhā-pāramī: equanimity (in proper cases, i.e., in areas that are beyond one’s control).
These ten perfections are the factors that enable a bodhisattva to succeed in …
… A short Pali formula, for those who have trouble memorizing, is:
“Mettā”—thoughts of good will
“Karuṇā”—thoughts of compassion
“Muditā”—thoughts of appreciation
“Upekkhā”—thoughts of equanimity
This finished, sit in a half-lotus position, right leg on top of the left, with your hands placed palm-up on your lap, right hand on top of the left. Keep your body straight and …
… The first type is what Ajaan Fuang would call metta falling down the
well. You see somebody else down in the well, you try to pull them up,
but they’re heavier than you can pull. They end up pulling you down.
The second type is when someone else is getting out of the well. You
have your ideas about how they can get …
Traditionally, when you’re practicing metta meditation, you start with
people who are easy to feel metta or goodwill for: people close to
your heart, people you love. And then once you feel a sense of
well-being with that goodwill, you start spreading the same thoughts
to others who are more and more difficult until you find that you can
sincerely wish that …
Years back, I sat in on a class where a teacher was talking about the
Karaniya Metta sutta, the sutta we just chanted. He started with the
first line, “This is what should be done by someone who appreciates
the state of peace.” Immediately, a hand shot up. Someone in the class
said, “I thought there weren’t any shoulds in Buddhism.” And I …
Goodwill as a Guardian
June 7, 2021
The Buddha teaches three governing principles, three ways of thinking to keep yourself on the path, and two of them have to do with goodwill, or metta. The first one involves your goodwill for yourself. You remind yourself that you entered on this path because you wanted to put an end to your suffering. Basically, you loved …
… There’s a passage in the Karaniya Metta Sutta we chanted just now of
being resolved on this mindfulness of goodwill for all. When you’re
working on this path, it can’t be simply out of disgust for the world
or anger at people who’ve been difficult. It has to come out of
goodwill. You try to nurture that quality in your …
… Years back, when we were starting Wat Metta, we’d get people coming up
here and telling us, “Well, now that you’re in America, you have to
change the rules, you’ll have to change the way you do things.” My
thinking was, “Here I am, far away from my teachers, far away from the
place I was trained. If I abandon my …
… That’s one of the reasons why we have the chant on metta, because
often those issues involve other people: “This person said this, that
person said that, how could they do that?” You get yourself all
entangled in those issues. So ask yourself, do you really want to be
entangled over that person, that kind of issue, that kind of thought
in your …
… That’s what Ajaan Suwat liked to call Wat Metta: a corner of quietness. But he also talked about meditation as a corner of quietness, this place where the mind can really be solid and settled down and have a firm foundation, even in the midst of all the things that are infirm and unsettled in the rest of the world. After all, when …
Glossary | suttas on dhammatalks.org
… unlimited goodwill (mettā), unlimited compassion (karuṇā), unlimited empathetic joy (muditā), and unlimited equanimity (upekkhā). Bhava: Becoming. A sense of identity within a particular world of experience. The three levels of becoming are on the level of sensuality, form, and formlessness. Bhikkhu: A Buddhist monk. Chedi (Thai): A spired monument, usually containing relics of the Buddha or other arahants. Deva (-tā): Literally, “shining one.” An …
Part II: Chanting | The Divine Mantra
… Iti uddham-adho tiriyaṁ sabbadhi sabbattatāya sabbāvantaṁ lokaṁ, mettā-karuṇā-muditā-upekkhā-sahagatena cetasā, catuddisaṁ pharitvā viharati, When one dwells spreading an awareness imbued with good will, compassion, empathetic joy, & equanimity in this way to the four directions, above, below, around, in every way throughout the entire cosmos, Sukhaṁ supati, Sukhaṁ paṭibujjhati, Na pāpakaṁ supinaṁ passati, one sleeps with ease, wakes with ease, dreams …
La bienveillance | Les Enseignements du Bouddha
La bienveillance La bienveillance (mettā) est un vœu de bonheur véritable. En tant qu’exercice de médiation, cela consiste à répandre des pensées bienveillantes à vous-même et à tous les êtres vivants dans toutes les directions, et dans tous les différents niveaux du cosmos. Le Bouddha recommanda la manière suivante d’exprimer ce vœu : « Que tous les êtres soient libres de toute animosité …
