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This blog was never posted and all it has are a few potots I took two weeks ago while enjoying the on rush of Spring here in Maine.
Lee and I will be in Grand Manan until the 9th so I will not post until the following Monday. This is vacation time and we will be staying at a cottage on the ocean called "Dorothy." I believe I posted photos on these pages from our time there last year.
In Buddhism "Metta" or Loving Kindness is a worthy practice that can bring peace and equanimity to troubled times in life. Here is a brief version of the Metta Prayer:
-Metta Prayer -
May you
be held in the heart of lovingkindness
May you
be free from inner and outer harm
May you
be well
May you
have ease of well-being
May your
life be of service to all beings
May you
come to know great and natural peace
May you awaken
and be free
Here is a full sung version of the Metta Sutra as sung by Imee Ooi offered as a meditation piece. The full translation is at the end of this post after the cartoon. It is easy to follow as the Pali and its English translation are side by side.
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Where I live, physically and sometimes emotionally
All below is without comment as Spring is to be enjoyed
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Some humor:
It was a heck of a retreat last week
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The Chant Of Metta - Sung by Imee Ooi
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Aham avero homi
abyapajjho homi anigho homi sukhi-attanam pariharami Mama matapitu acariya ca natimitta ca sabrahma-carino ca avera hontu abyapajjha hontu anigha hontu sukhi-attanam pariharantu Imasmim arame sabbe yogina avera hontu abyapajjha hontu anigha hontu sukhi-attanam pariharantu Imasmim arame sabbe bhikkhu samanera ca upasaka-upasikayo ca avera hontu abyapajjha hontu anigha hontu sukhi-attanam pariharantu Amhakam catupaccaya-dayaka avera hontu abyapajjha hontu anigha hontu sukhi-attanam pariharantu Amhakam arakkha devata imasmim vihare imasmim avase imasmim arame arakkha devata avera hontu abyapajjha hontu anigha hontu sukhi-attanam pariharantu
Sabbe satta
sabbe pana
sabbe bhuta sabbe puggala sabbe attabhava-pariyapanna sabba itthiyo sabbe purisa sabbe ariya sabbe anariya sabbe deva sabbe manussa sabbe vinipatika avera hontu abyapajjha hontu anigha hontu sukhi-attanam pariharantu Dukkha mucantu Yatha-laddha-sampattito mavigacchantu Kammassaka Puratthimaya disaya pacchimaya disaya uttaraya disaya dakkhinaya disaya puratthimaya anudisaya pacchimaya anudisaya uttaraya anudisaya dakkhinaya anudisaya hetthimaya disaya uparimaya disaya sabbe satta sabbe pana sabbe bhuta sabbe puggala sabbe attabhava-pariyapanna sabba itthiyo sabbe purisa sabbe ariya sabbe anariya sabbe deva sabbe manussa sabbe vinipatika avera hontu abyapajjha hontu anigha hontu sukhi-attanam pariharantu
Dukkha muccantu
Yatha-laddha-sampattito mavigacchantu
Kammassaka Uddham yava bhavagga ca adho yava aviccito samanta cakkavalesu ye satta pathavicara abyapajjha nivera ca nidukha ca nupaddava |
May
I be free from enmity and danger
May I be free from mental suffering May I be free from physical suffering May I take care of myself happily May my parents teachers, relatives and friends fellow Dhammafarers be free from enmity and danger be free from mental suffering be free from physical suffering May they take care of themselves happily May all yogis in this compound be free from enmity and danger be free from mental suffering be free from physical suffering May they take care of themselves happily May all monks in this compound novice monks laymen and laywomen disciples be free from enmity and danger be free from mental suffering be free from physical suffering May they take care of themselves happily May our donors of the four supports be free from enmity and danger be free from mental suffering be free from physical suffering May they take care of themselves happily May our guardian devas in this monastery in this dwelling in this compound may the guardian devas be free from enmity and danger be free from mental suffering be free from physical suffering May they take care of themselves happily
May
all beings
all breathing things
all creatures all individuals all personalities may all females all males all noble one all worldlings all deities all humans all those in the four woeful planes be free from enmity and danger be free from mental suffering be free from physical suffering may they take care of themselves happily May all beings be free from suffering May whatever they have gained not be lost All beings are owners of their kamma
In the eastern direction
in the western direction in the northern direction in the southern direction in the southeast direction in the northwest direction in the northeast direction in the southwest direction in the direction below in the direction above may all beings all breathing things all creatures all individuals all personalities may all females all males all noble one all worldlings all deities all humans all those in the four woeful planes be free from enmity and danger be free from mental suffering be free from physical suffering may they take care of themselves happily
May
all beings be free from suffering
May whatever they have gained not be lost
All beings are owners of their kamma As far as the highest plane of existence to as far down as the lowest plane in the entire universe whatever beings that move on earth may they be free from mental suffering & enmity and from physical suffering and danger |
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