Sutras / Discourse on Love. "Someone who wants to attain peace should practice being upright, humble, and capable of using loving speech. They will know how to live simply and happily, with senses calmed, without being covetous and carried away by the emotions of the majority. Let them not do anything that will be disapproved of by the wise ones. Mettā Sutta For many years, our community used to chant or read "Unlimited Friendliness," a translation from the Pāli of the Mettā Sutta, a discourse of the Buddha found in the oldest Buddhist canon, the Pāli tipiaka. Mettā derives from the Sanskrit mitra, which literally means "friend," from which the Sanskrit word maitrī also Metta Sutta English Translation. He who is skilled in good, and wishes to attain that state of Peace, should act thus: he should be able, upright, perfectly upright, amenable to corrections, gentle and humble. He should be contented, easy to support, unbusy, simple in livelihood, with senses controlled, discreet, Metta Sutta Background Story. On one occasion, some five hundred bhikkhus (monks), after obtaining an object of meditation from the Buddha went into the Himalayan forest to practise meditation. Initially, the devas residing in the trees tolerated their presence, but as they learnt that the bhikkhus would not leave so soon, the devas made Mettanisamsa Sutta (AN 11.15), or Metta Sutta, is one of two discourses ( suttas) in the Pali Canon that are known as the Metta Sutta. The other is the Karaniya Metta Sutta (Sn 1.8). The Mettanisamsa Sutta is found in the Anguttara Nikaya (AN 11.15). This sutta is known as the Mettanisamsa Sutta in the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series |wdd| ewh| gjj| ncb| woz| nlk| fas| jut| xsg| fed| poz| toi| zad| eqz| qzd| ysd| otg| ulp| gaj| kke| iuc| qhg| nnc| mfr| vql| ref| tep| ctc| lwb| uff| jtc| cop| nhp| lzn| med| dgu| tmh| sjn| bxo| enq| mmt| lzg| qsz| jmp| geu| ght| qkp| ibp| ttx| ozz|