The Guardian Meditations
Buddhānussati mettā ca
Asubhaṁ maraṇassati,
Iccimā catur’ārakkhā
Kātabbā ca vipassanā
These four meditations—recollection of the Buddha, goodwill, the foulness of the body, and mindfulness of death—are guardians & means of insight that should be done.
Visuddha-dhamma-santāno
Anuttarāya bodhiyā
Yogato ca pabodhā ca
Buddho Buddho’ti ñāyate.
Endowed with pure qualities through his unexcelled Awakening, and from training others to awaken, he is known as the Awakened/Awakening One.
Narānara-tiracchāna-
bhedā sattā sukhesino,
Sabbe’pi sukhino hontu
Sukhitattā ca khemino.
All living beings—human, non-human, & animal—who are searching for happiness: May they all be happy and, through their happiness, secure.
Kesa-lomādi-chavānaṁ
Ayam’eva samussayo
Kāyo sabbo’pi jeguccho
Vaṇṇādito paṭikkulo.
This conglomeration of things from dead bodies, like hair of the head & hair of the body: The body as a whole is disgusting and, in terms of such things as its colors, unclean.
Jīvit’indriy’upaccheda-
saṅkhāta-maraṇaṁ siyā,
Sabbesaṁ pīdha pāṇīnaṁ
Tañ-hi dhuvaṁ na jīvitaṁ.
Death, the destruction of the faculty of life, will come to all beings. That is certain, but life is not.
