An excerpt from AN 8.1 will be shown, and the bolded and highlighted items will be things you should know from previous lessons.
AN 8.1 The Benefits of friendly-kindness
AN 8.1 - 🔗🔊1. Mettā-sutta | 1. friendly-kindness-discourse |
Evaṃ me sutaṃ— | Thus I heard. |
ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati | One time the-blessed-one {was staying near} Sāvatthī, |
Jeta-vane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. | (in) Jeta’s-Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. |
Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi: | There the-blessed-one addressed the monks: |
“bhikkhavo”ti. | “Monks!” |
“Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṃ. | “Venerable sir,” they replied. |
Bhagavā etadavoca: | The-blessed-one said this: avoca: he said. (1st. sing. (aor. of vac.)) |
“Mettāya, bhikkhave, ceto-vimuttiyā | “Friendly-kindness ********* (from the) mind's-liberation, |
āsevitāya bhāvitāya bahulī-katāya | cultivated, developed, abundantly-done, |
yānī-katāya | {made-a}-vehicle |
vatthu-katāya | {made-a}-basis, |
anu-ṭ-ṭhitāya | kept-up, |
paricitāya | consolidated, |
su-samāraddhāya | (su prefix = good) properly-implemented, |
aṭṭh-ā-nisaṃsā pāṭi-kaṅkhā. | [then these] eight-benefits (can be) expected. |
Katame aṭṭha? | What eight? |
Sukhaṃ supati, | 1. (su prefix = good) Pleasurably (you) sleep. |
sukhaṃ paṭi-bujjhati, | 2. (su prefix = good) Pleasurably (you) wake ('Buddha' verb form). |
na pāpakaṃ supinaṃ passati, | 3. No evil (in your) dreams (do you) see, |
manussānaṃ piyo hoti, | 4. (to) Humans, beloved (you) become. |
a-manussānaṃ piyo hoti, | 5. (to) Non-humans [such as earth spirits, yakkhas, demons], beloved (you) become. |
devatā rakkhanti, | 6. Deities protect (you). |
nāssa aggi vā visaṃ vā satthaṃ vā kamati, | 7. Neither fire nor poison nor blades ** enter [and harm you], |
uttariṃ ap-paṭi-vijjhanto brahma-lok-ūpago hoti. | 8. {Not having any} higher knowledge-penetrated, (in the) Brahma-world-(you will)-arise [in rebirth]. |
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(verse)
Yo ca mettaṃ bhāvayati, | (In) one who {develops} friendly-kindness, |
ap-pamāṇaṃ paṭi-s-sato; | Without-limit, rememberful [of Dharma], |
Tanū saṃyojanā honti, | weakened (the) fetters become, |
passato upadhi-k-khayaṃ. | seeing attachments’-destruction. |
Ekampi ce pāṇam-a-duṭṭha-citto, | {showing friendly-kindness to just} one creature-(with an)-un-hateful (du=bad)-mind |
Mettāyati kusalī tena hoti; | {**********} {makes you a} you a good [person]. |
Sabbe ca pāṇe manas-ānu-kampī, | (towards) all ** creatures (with a) mind-continuously-compassionate, |
Pahūtam-ariyo pa-karoti puññaṃ. | A-noble-one creates {abundant} merit. |
| bingo! there's "karoti" finally in that present tense. | |
Ye satta-saṇḍaṃ pathaviṃ vijetvā, | the seven-clusters (of) earth (having been) conquered, |
Rājisayo yajamānā anupariyagā; | (the) royal-rulers traveled around sponsoring sacrifices— |
Assa-medhaṃ purisa-medhaṃ, | horse-sacrifice, human-sacrifice, |
Sammāpāsaṃ vājapeyyaṃ niraggaḷaṃ. | the sacrifices of the ‘stick-casting’, the ‘royal soma drinking’, and the ‘unbarred’. |
Mettassa cittassa su-bhāvitassa, | [compared to] friendly-kindess (of a ) mind well-developed, |
Kalampi te nānubhavanti soḷasiṃ; | [those sacrifices] are not worth a sixteenth (of that); |
Canda-p-pabhā tāragaṇāva sabbe, | [compared to the] moon’s-luminosity, all the constellations of stars |
Yathā na agghanti kalampi soḷasiṃ. | Are not worth (a) fractional sixteenth [portion of that]. |
Yo na hanti na ghāteti, | (If) you don’t kill nor encourage-others-to-kill, |
na jināti na jāpaye; | don’t conquer nor encourage-others-to-conquer, |
Mettaṃso sabba-bhūtānaṃ, | (with) friendly-kindness (for) all-sentient-beings, |
veraṃ tassa na kenacī”ti. | enmity you (have for) no one.” |
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