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… When I was in France, someone asked me, “This Metta Monastery you
have, do you specialize in metta meditation?” I said “No, we actually
specialize in breath meditation, but goodwill meditation is part of
the framework, part of the background for the practice.”
We’re practicing because we want a happiness that’s harmless—that
doesn’t harm ourselves, doesn’t harm anyone else …
Goodwill
Mettā Sutta (AN 11:16)
“Monks, for one whose awareness-release through goodwill is cultivated, developed, pursued, given a means of transport, 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 …
… So we start by developing metta for ourselves. It’s good to reflect on
ways in which we’re behaving unskillfully so that we can change them.
If you really seriously want to be happy, do you want to continue
acting the way you are? Or is there anything you want to change?
This means that metta is not an idle thought. It’s …
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… So think about the implications of metta, the implications of
goodwill, and all the other brahmaviharas. There will be people out
there who will not follow your example: You have to accept that fact.
But you can’t let that undermine your original intention that you want
to do something here that is beneficial for yourself, beneficial for
others. And the question of whether …
Pali Chanting
by the monks of Metta Forest Monastery
The full Chanting Guide can now be read online;
the text icon at the end of the links below allows you to listen and read along;
there are also eBook versions;
a print version is available by request at no charge;
and there are pronunciation and tone guides for those trying to learn the chants …
You want to start the day every day with thoughts of goodwill,
metta, wishing for happiness—your happiness and the happiness of
everyone else. We do that as a way of clearing our minds before we
meditate. But metta, in and of itself, is also something good to
contemplate.
An important part of the meditation is the practice of alertness,
watching what you’re …
Introduction
The daily schedule at Metta Forest Monastery includes a group interview in the late afternoon and a chanting session followed by a group meditation period later in the evening. The Dhamma talks included in this volume were given during the evening meditation sessions, and in many cases covered issues raised at the interviews—either in the questions asked or lurking behind the questions …
Copyright | Inner Strength & Parting Gifts: Talks by Ajaan Lee Dhammadharo
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AN 11:16 Mettā Sutta | Goodwill
Goodwill Mettā Sutta (AN 11:16) “Monks, for one whose awareness-release through goodwill is cultivated, developed, pursued, given a means of transport, 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 …
Pali Chants | dhammatalks.org
Pali Chanting by the monks of Metta Forest Monastery The full Chanting Guide can now be read online; the text icon at the end of the links below allows you to listen and read along; there are also eBook versions; a print version is available by request at no charge; and there are pronunciation and tone guides for those trying to learn the chants …
