Metta Retreat 2022, April 10 Morning Dhamma talk with Bhante Gunaratana - Benefits of Metta Practice
Channel: The Bhavana Society of West Virginia
Date: 2022-04-12

Bhante G gives his 2nd talk during the 2022 Metta retreat at Bhavana Society.  The talk starts with a the recitation of the Karaniya Metta Sutta and a guided meditation.  

These suttas are discussed during the talk:
1)  Karaniya Metta Sutta -- See below for the translation used in the video.  
2)  Metta (Mettanisamsa) Sutta: Discourse on Advantages of Loving-kindness https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an11/an11.016.piya.html
3)  Ahi Sutta: A Snake https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an04/an04.067.piya.html

00:00 Video begins (without audio, oops)
03:04 Recitation of Karaniya Metta Sutta, followed by guided meditation
30:38  Dhamma talk on the benefits of Metta practice

Karaniya Metta Sutta (Sn 1.8): 
May all beings be happy and secure!
May all beings have happy minds!

Whatever living beings there may be
Without exception: weak or strong; 
Long, large, medium, or short;
Visible or invisible; living near or far;
Born or coming to birth;
May all beings have happy minds!

Let no one deceive another
Nor despise anyone anywhere.
Neither from anger nor will-will
Should anyone wish harm to another.

As a mother would risk her own life
To protect her only child, 
Even so towards all living beings
One should cultivate a boundless heart.

One should cultivate for all the world
A heart of boundless loving friendliness
Above, below, and all around
Unobstructed, without hatred or resentment.

Whether standing, walking, or sitting,
Lying down or whenever awake
One should develop this mindfulness.
This is called divinely dwelling here.

Not falling into erroneous views
But virtuous and endowed with vision,
Removing desire for sensual pleasures,
Once comes never again to birth in the womb.


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