We start the day with thoughts of goodwill, wishing for the happiness
of ourselves and all beings. The Buddha calls this an unlimited
attitude. But he also calls it a form of restraint. In other words,
you keep careful watch over how you’re going to look for your
happiness. You want to make sure it doesn’t harm anybody else, and you
want …
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 …
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… Inter-eating
The Karma of Pleasure
The Rivers of Karma
The Luminous Mind
Values
The Freedom to Give
The Lotus in the Mud
Balancing Tranquility & Insight
Success on the Path
Inconstancy
The Will to Awaken
The Limits of Old Kamma
The Buddha’s Investment Strategy
A Soiled, Oily Rag
Taking Charge
Views & Vision
No Happiness Other than Peace
Insight into Pain
Metta Means Goodwill
… I talked one time to a person who was working in a meditation center
where they held both vipassanā and mettā retreats. I asked him if he
noticed any difference between the two types of retreats. He mentioned
two things: One was that in the mettā retreats the people would leave
nice notes to one another on the note board, things like: “I saw …
Goodwill (1)
Mettā Sutta (AN 4:125)
“Monks, there are these four types of individuals to be found existing in the world. Which four?
“There is the case where an individual keeps pervading the first direction [the east]—as well as the second direction, the third, & the fourth—with an awareness imbued with goodwill. Thus he keeps pervading above, below, & all around, everywhere & in …
On the Four Immeasurable Sublime Attitudes
Mettā: Develop thoughts of love and good will, hoping for your own happiness and that of others. This is like a fortress wall or a cardinal point.
Karuṇā: Develop thoughts of compassion toward yourself and others, aiming at helping yourself and others gain release from all forms of suffering and pain. This is another wall or cardinal point …
… of all dhammas). Sanskrit form: dharma.
Jhana: Mental absorption. A state of strong concentration focused on a single sensation or mental notion. Sanskrit form: dhyana.
Kamma: Intentional act. Sanskrit form: karma.
Metta: Goodwill; benevolence. See brahma-vihara.
Nibbana: Literally, the “unbinding” of the mind from passion, aversion, and delusion, and from the entire round of death and rebirth. As this term also denotes the …
Close your eyes and focus on your breath. Know when it’s coming in;
know when it’s going out. Notice where you feel it most clearly in the
body. Focus your attention there and then ask yourself if it’s
comfortable. If it’s not, you can change. Make it longer, shorter,
faster, slower, deeper, more shallow, heavier, lighter. See what feels
good …
The Sublime Attitudes
(Mettā – Goodwill)
Ahaṁ sukhito homi
May I be happy.
Niddukkho homi
May I be free from stress & pain.
Avero homi
May I be free from animosity.
Abyāpajjho homi
May I be free from oppression.
Anīgho homi
May I be free from trouble.
Sukhī attānaṁ pariharāmi
May I look after myself with ease.
Sabbe sattā sukhitā hontu.
May all living beings be …
… a single sensation or mental notion. Sanskrit form: dhyana.
Kamma: Intentional act. Sanskrit form: karma.
Luang Puu (Thai): Venerable Grandfather. A term of respect for a very senior and elderly monk.
Metta: Goodwill; benevolence. See brahmavihara.
Nibbana: Literally, the “unbinding” of the mind from passion, aversion, and delusion, and from the entire round of death and rebirth. As this term also denotes the extinguishing …
… a single sensation or mental notion. Sanskrit form: dhyana.
Kamma: Intentional act. Sanskrit form: karma.
Luang Pu (Thai): Venerable Grandfather. A term of respect for a very senior and elderly monk.
Metta: Goodwill; benevolence. See brahma-vihara.
Nibbana: Literally, the “unbinding” of the mind from passion, aversion, and delusion, and from the entire round of death and rebirth. As this term also denotes the …
… as well as the building blocks from which one’s sense of “self” is constructed. There are five in all: physical form, feeling, perception, thought-fabrications, and consciousness. Sanskrit form: skandha.
Metta: Good will; kindness; benevolence; friendliness.
Nibbana: Literally, the “unbinding” of the mind from passion, aversion, and delusion, and from the entire round of death and rebirth. As this term also denotes the …
… In the case of the ajaans in Thailand, there are many stories of their encountering tigers in the forest and realizing that their only defense was metta. So they developed very strong metta for the tigers, expanding their mastery of metta by really taking refuge in it. This is how they developed their skill in the practice.
Going into the forest, going into the …
Pre-Retreat Reading | Sublime Determinations
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 …
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