Karaniya Metta Sutta

The Karaniya Metta Sutta is a loving-kindness (metta) discourse that explains what needs to be done to be skilled in goodness and walk the path of peace. It is helpful to review this on a regular basis, as it contains many nuances that the meditator picks up over time as they sit with these words and absorb them.

Transcript

This is the Metta Sutta,

An ancient Loing Kindness text.

If you could follow the Metta Sutta and all the instructions within it,

You would experience freedom from fear,

From hatred,

From anger,

From ill will.

I will recite it slowly so you can let it just sink in.

This is a good thing to repeat regularly to really get a sense of all it contains.

There are many nuances.

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

Let them be able and upright,

Straightforward and gentle in speech,

Humble and not conceited.

Contented and easily satisfied,

Unburdened by duties and frugal in their ways.

Peaceful and calm and wise and skillful.

Not proud or demanding in nature.

Let them not do the slightest thing that the wise would later approve.

Wishing in gladness and in safety.

May all beings be at ease.

Whatever living beings there may be,

Be they weak or strong,

Omitting none.

The great or the mighty,

The medium,

Short or small.

The seen and the unseen.

Those living near and far away.

Those born and yet 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.

Even as a mother with her life protects her child,

Her only child,

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

Radiating kindness over the world.

Spreading upwards to the skies and downwards to the depths.

Outwards and unbounded.

Freed from hatred and ill will.

Whether standing or walking,

Sitting or lying down.

Free from drowsiness.

One should sustain this mindfulness.

It is said to be the sublime abiding.

By not holding on to fixed views,

The pure hearted one with clarity of vision.

Freed from all sense desires.

Is not born again into this world.

Reviews

Great way to begin my day. 🙏🏻

Beautifully read, peaceful voice .
A lot to aspire to.
Namaste.

Wonderful to hear this recited slowly, thank you! 🕉🙏🤗

This is near perfect. I’m going to listen daily and memorize this. His voice is soothing and I can sense his intent in sharing this. So beautiful. I wish a future version to continue on a minute or two longer, so the words can resonate, and we can enjoy a final moment with nothing but the gentle nature sounds while we integrate the lesson.

Thanks for this

Beautiful! That is the translation I learned when I started practicing the Buddha Dhamma and still chant. Beautiful delivery. So peaceful.

This is so helpful as I begin exploring metta practice. Beautifully done. Thank you, Jamie! Namaste.

Very grateful for your kind efforts to share the suttas. 🙏 With great metta, thank you.

Love this meditation and the accent of the person reading it. It was lovely. Thank you. 🙏🏽

Lovely. Had never heard it read before. Just practicing love and compassion. Nice to hear the text.

perfection...do it every day and ease through life.

Beautifully presented,
with deep gratitude 🕉💚🌺

A soothing delivery of a beautiful text.

Beautiful reading. Thank you.

Pure wisdom, beautifully read. Thanks.

I will Repeat..Thank you!

I would love to know what texts this and many other great teachings like this come from. They seem to help me greatly gain clarity and perspective all while keeping me in the here and now, PHENOMENAL THANK YOU 🙏 😊