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  1. Book search result icon Sublime Determinations Copyright
     … Questions about this book may be addressed to Metta Forest Monastery Valley Center, CA 92082-1409 U.S.A. Additional resources More Dhamma talks, books and translations by Thanissaro Bhikkhu are available to download in digital audio and various ebook formats at dhammatalks.org. Printed copy A paperback copy of this book is available free of charge. To request one, write to: Book Request … 
  2. Book search result icon Sublime Determinations Wednesday — Introduction
     … For this reason, they play an important role in fostering the path to the end of suffering. • Goodwill, mettā, a wish that beings will be happy, is an antidote for ill will, the desire to see beings suffer. Notice that we don’t translate mettā as love or loving-kindness, because, as the Buddha pointed out, love is partial, and can easily turn into … 
  3. Book search result icon Sublime Determinations Pre-Retreat Reading
    Pre-Retreat Reading The Karaṇīya Mettā Sutta This is to be done by one skilled in aims who wants to break through to the state of peace: Be capable, upright, & straightforward, easy to instruct, gentle, & not conceited, content & easy to support, with few duties, living lightly, with peaceful faculties, astute, modest, & no greed for supporters. Do not do the slightest thing that the observant … 
  4. Book search result icon Sublime Determinations Sunday Morning — Closing
     … How can I take the lessons I learned on the retreat and carry them into my life? As the Karaṇīya Mettā Sutta says, it requires a combination of mindfulness and determination. Otherwise, it’s all too easy, after you’ve been sitting for several days, thinking thoughts, “May all beings be happy. May all beings be happy,” but then you get in your car … 
  5. Book search result icon Sublime Determinations Thursday — Goodwill
     … This is why, in the Karaṇīya Mettā Sutta, the expression of goodwill is not just: Happy, at rest, may all beings be happy at heart. Whatever beings there may be, weak or strong, without exception, long, large, middling, short, subtle, gross, seen & unseen, living near & far away, born or seeking birth: May all beings be happy at heart. It also goes on to say … 
  6. Book search result icon Sublime Determinations Saturday — Equanimity
     … In this way, you’re practicing equanimity in line with the first line in the Karaṇīya Mettā Sutta: “This is to be done by one who appreciates the state of peace.” You’re taking your brahmavihāra practice and using it to help in your practice of the duties of the four noble truths, leading to the peace of the third noble truth. You may … 
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