{"id":853,"date":"2011-05-18T11:59:41","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T11:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pagodethienminh.fr\/?page_id=853"},"modified":"2013-03-14T15:30:48","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T15:30:48","slug":"2ab-metta-sutta","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pagodethienminh.fr\/?page_id=853","title":{"rendered":"Metta Sutta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Karaniya Metta Sutta: The Buddha&#8217;s Words on Loving-Kindness<\/strong><br \/>\n<em><strong> translated from the Pali by<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> The Amaravati Sangha<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GghgJtODwQM\" height=\"349\" width=\"425\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pagodethienminh.fr\/?attachment_id=854\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-854\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-854\" title=\"Lord Maitreya Buddha\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pagodethienminh.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/G_TM-Maitreya-224x300.jpg\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pagodethienminh.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/G_TM-Maitreya-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.pagodethienminh.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/G_TM-Maitreya-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.pagodethienminh.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/G_TM-Maitreya.jpg 383w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>This is what should be done <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> By one who is skilled in goodness, <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>And who knows the path of peace: <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> Let them be able and upright, <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Straightforward and gentle in speech, <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> Humble and not conceited,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> Contented and easily satisfied, <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Unburdened with duties and frugal in their ways. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Peaceful and calm and wise and skillful, <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Not proud or demanding in nature. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Let them not do the slightest thing <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>That the wise would later reprove. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Wishing: In gladness and in safety, <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> May all beings be at ease. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Whatever living beings there may be; <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Whether they are weak or strong, omitting none, <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The great or the mighty, medium, short or small, <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The seen and the unseen, <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Those living near and far away, <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Those born and to-be-born \u2014<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> May all beings be at ease! <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> Let none deceive another,<\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> Or despise any being in any state. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Let none through anger or ill-will <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Wish harm upon another. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Even as a mother protects with her life <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Her child, her only child, <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>So with a boundless heart <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Should one cherish all living beings; <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Radiating kindness over the entire world: <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Spreading upwards to the skies, <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>And downwards to the depths; <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> Outwards and unbounded, <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Freed from hatred and ill-will. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Whether standing or walking, seated or lying down <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Free from drowsiness, <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> One should sustain this recollection. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>This is said to be the sublime abiding. <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>By not holding to fixed views, <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The pure-hearted one, having clarity of vision, <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong> Being freed from all sense desires, <\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Is not born again into this world.<\/strong><em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/em><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karaniya Metta Sutta: The Buddha&#8217;s Words on Loving-Kindness translated from the Pali by The Amaravati Sangha This is what should be done By one who \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pagodethienminh.fr\/?page_id=853\">Continue \u00e0 lire <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":834,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-onecolumn.php","meta":{"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-853","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pagodethienminh.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pagodethienminh.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pagodethienminh.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pagodethienminh.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pagodethienminh.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=853"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.pagodethienminh.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/853\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3482,"href":"https:\/\/www.pagodethienminh.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/853\/revisions\/3482"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pagodethienminh.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pagodethienminh.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}