The Buddha's Words on Loving Kindness

Listen to the Buddha's words on Loving Kindness - The Metta Sutta as read by Chris Flack. May all beings be at ease.
Please note that all my recordings are done using a simple headset so I apologise for the quality of the recording / sound levels.

Transcript

Hi,

This is Chris and today I'm in the beautiful surroundings of the Sanyata Buddhist Retreat down in County Clare Island on a gorgeous sunny day just sitting in the grounds.

I'm going to read you the Buddha's words on loving kindness.

This is what should be done by one who is skilled in goodness and who knows the path of peace.

Let them be able and upright,

Straightforward and gentle in speech,

Humble and not conceited,

Contented and easily satisfied,

Unburdened with duties and frugal in their ways,

Peaceful and calm and wise and skillful,

Not proud and demanding in nature.

Let them not do the slightest thing that the wise would later reprove,

Wishing in gladness and in safety.

May all beings be at ease.

Whatever living beings there may be,

Whether they are weak or strong,

Omitting none,

The great or the mighty,

Medium,

Short or small,

The seen and the unseen,

Those living near and far away,

Those born and to be born,

May all beings be at ease.

Let none deceive another or despise any being in any state.

Let none through anger or ill will wish harm upon another.

One as a mother protects with her life her child,

Her only child,

So with a boundless heart should one cherish all living beings,

Radiating kindness over the entire world,

Spreading upwards to the skies and downwards to the depths,

Outwards and unbounded,

Freed from hatred and ill will.

Whether standing or walking,

Seated or lying down,

Free from drowsiness,

One should sustain this recollection.

This is said to be the sublime abiding,

By not holding to fixed views,

The pure hearted one having clarity of vision,

Being freed from all sense desires,

Is not born again into this world.

Thank you for listening.

Have a wonderful day.

Reviews

Beautiful

Beautiful thank you for sharing this with us Namaste

Absolutely beautiful, and the explanation was so intuitive yet very simple. Truly exceptional and btw, I really enjoyed your reading of it and your accent 😊 ! Thank you so much for your presentation, I will come back to this often as I found it very uplifting. I'm very grateful to you for sharing this. 🙏🙏🙏💜💙🕯🕯🦋🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊

As I am growing older I am more aware we have to follow in the path of Buddhism and I confess it becomes easier to take on board, at 82 yrs old I have witnessed so much.

A bit of wind noise on the microphone, but a great talk nonetheless.

Lovely! Captures so many aspects of the practice in a few moments!

This was beautiful, thank you. I Wonder (almost always) why "nobody" want to "born again" into this world. :) ... 💗🙏🏻
Thank you.

Thank you for that succinct passage! Very good way to start the day!

Simple and done with love. The reader apologizes for the sound quality. Do not let that deter you from the gentle power of the message. Polished production values are less important than raw sincerity. Sadhu.

Beautiful,thank you so kindly for that reading❤🌠
Namaste🙏🏼
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I listen to this as a prelude to sutra chanting. It settles my mind and reminds me of why I practice. Namu Shinnyo🙏

Exactly what I needed to hear this morning to start my day - I was lead here - Thank u 😊

Thank you so much.

I love the intentions.

Thank you 🙏🏼 🌺

This is so what the world needs to hear right now. Thank you. 🌺🤙🏽

love this. it's a great way to start the day.

Beautiful 🙏 Thank you!

Thank you so very much!

♡♡💙💛Loved this!!!!💛💙♡♡
Great way to start my day!!!!🌞
🙏Thank you so very much!!💕