{"id":"snp1.8","title":"The Discourse on Love","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"snp1.8","title":"The Discourse on Love","units":[{"id":"snp1.8:0","sourceIds":["snp1.8:0.1","snp1.8:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sutta Nipāta 1.8\nMettasutta","en":"Anthology of Discourses 1.8\nThe Discourse on Love"}},{"id":"snp1.8:1","sourceIds":["snp1.8:1.1","snp1.8:1.2","snp1.8:1.3","snp1.8:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Karaṇīyamatthakusalena,\nYanta santaṁ padaṁ abhisamecca;\nSakko ujū ca suhujū ca,\nSūvaco cassa mudu anatimānī.","en":"Those who are skilled in the meaning of scripture\nshould practice as follows to realize the state of peace.\nLet them be capable and upright, very upright,\neasy to speak to, gentle and humble;"}},{"id":"snp1.8:2","sourceIds":["snp1.8:2.1","snp1.8:2.2","snp1.8:2.3","snp1.8:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Santussako ca subharo ca,\nAppakicco ca sallahukavutti;\nSantindriyo ca nipako ca,\nAppagabbho kulesvananugiddho.","en":"content and unburdensome,\nunbusied, living lightly,\nalert, with senses calmed,\ncourteous, not fawning on families."}},{"id":"snp1.8:3","sourceIds":["snp1.8:3.1","snp1.8:3.2","snp1.8:3.3","snp1.8:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na ca khuddamācare kiñci,\nYena viññū pare upavadeyyuṁ;\nSukhino va khemino hontu,\nSabbasattā bhavantu sukhitattā.","en":"Let them not do the slightest thing\nthat others who are wise would blame.\nMay they be happy and safe!\nMay all beings be happy!"}},{"id":"snp1.8:4","sourceIds":["snp1.8:4.1","snp1.8:4.2","snp1.8:4.3","snp1.8:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye keci pāṇabhūtatthi,\nTasā vā thāvarā vanavasesā;\nDīghā vā ye va mahantā,\nMajjhimā rassakā aṇukathūlā.","en":"Whatever living creatures there are\nwith not a one left out—\nfrail or firm, long or large,\nmedium, small, tiny or round,"}},{"id":"snp1.8:5","sourceIds":["snp1.8:5.1","snp1.8:5.2","snp1.8:5.3","snp1.8:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Diṭṭhā vā ye va adiṭṭhā,\nYe va dūre vasanti avidūre;\nBhūtā va sambhavesī va,\nSabbasattā bhavantu sukhitattā.","en":"seen or unseen,\nliving far or near,\nthose who have been born and those about to be born—\nmay all beings be happy!"}},{"id":"snp1.8:6","sourceIds":["snp1.8:6.1","snp1.8:6.2","snp1.8:6.3","snp1.8:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na paro paraṁ nikubbetha,\nNātimaññetha katthaci na kañci;\nByārosanā paṭighasañña,\nNāññamaññassa dukkhamiccheyya.","en":"Let none deceive another,\nnor look down on anyone anywhere.\nThough provoked or aggrieved,\nlet them not wish pain on each other."}},{"id":"snp1.8:7","sourceIds":["snp1.8:7.1","snp1.8:7.2","snp1.8:7.3","snp1.8:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mātā yathā niyaṁ puttam\nĀyusā ekaputtamanurakkhe;\nEvampi sabbabhūtesu,\nMānasaṁ bhāvaye aparimāṇaṁ.","en":"Even as a mother would protect with her life\nher child, her only child,\nso too for all creatures\nunfold a boundless heart."}},{"id":"snp1.8:8","sourceIds":["snp1.8:8.1","snp1.8:8.2","snp1.8:8.3","snp1.8:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mettañca sabbalokasmi,\nMānasaṁ bhāvaye aparimāṇaṁ;\nUddhaṁ adho ca tiriyañca,\nAsambādhaṁ averamasapattaṁ.","en":"With love for the whole world,\nunfold a boundless heart:\nabove, below, all round,\nunconstricted, without enmity or foe."}},{"id":"snp1.8:9","sourceIds":["snp1.8:9.1","snp1.8:9.2","snp1.8:9.3","snp1.8:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tiṭṭhaṁ caraṁ nisinno va,\nSayāno yāvatāssa vitamiddho;\nEtaṁ satiṁ adhiṭṭheyya,\nBrahmametaṁ vihāramidhamāhu.","en":"When standing, walking, sitting,\nor lying down while yet unweary,\nkeep this ever in mind;\nfor this, they say, is a divine meditation in this life."}},{"id":"snp1.8:10","sourceIds":["snp1.8:10.1","snp1.8:10.2","snp1.8:10.3","snp1.8:10.4","snp1.8:10.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Diṭṭhiñca anupaggamma,\nSīlavā dassanena sampanno;\nKāmesu vinaya gedhaṁ,\nNa hi jātuggabbhaseyya punaretī”ti.\nMettasuttaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ.","en":"Avoiding harmful views,\nvirtuous, accomplished in insight,\nwith desire for sensual pleasures dispelled,\nthey never return to a womb again."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/snp1.8/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}