… In this way, you’re practicing equanimity in line with the first line in the Karaṇīya Mettā Sutta: “This is to be done by one who appreciates the state of peace.” You’re taking your brahmavihāra practice and using it to help in your practice of the duties of the four noble truths, leading to the peace of the third noble truth. You may …
… Breaking it down like that gives you something to do for quite a long time as you dwell with thoughts of mettā.
Another practice that’s universally good regardless of the patient’s background would be breath meditation. Another would be instructions in how to deal with pain.
Now, the style of talks that you give to this person should follow the style that …
… When I think about practicing mettā—goodwill and compassion—I have fewer thoughts, but isn’t this the tree that hides the forest? Aren’t the thoughts just being suppressed? How to skillfully use goodwill?
A: When you’re developing thoughts of goodwill, there are many, many ways of using them. At the same time, when you’re trying to get the mind into …
… AN 4:125 Mettā Sutta | Goodwill (1) — The levels of rebirth to which mastery of each of the four brahmavihāras can lead, along with the subsequent course of one who is an educated disciple of the noble ones contrasted with the subsequent course of one who is not.
AN 4:126 Mettā Sutta | Goodwill (2) — How mastery of any of the four brahmavihāras, together …
… Of these four emotions, goodwill (mettā) is the most fundamental. It’s the wish for true happiness, a wish you can direct to yourself or to others. Goodwill was the underlying motivation that led the Buddha to search for awakening and to teach the path to awakening to others after he had found it.
The next two emotions in the list are essentially applications …
… Dāna is giving, sīla is virtue, nekkhama is renunciation, paññā is discernment, viriya is persistence, khanti is endurance or patience, sacca is truth, adhiṭṭhāna is determination, mettā is goodwill, and upekkhā is equanimity.
Q: What is the relationship between the perfections and kamma?
A: They’re qualities of mind that will determine whether you will make good kamma or bad kamma—in other words …
… 6), the establishings of mindfulness (Thag 1:100), the ten fetters (Thig 6:7), the five hindrances (Thag 2:26), the five aggregates (Thag 1:23), the practice of goodwill, or mettā (Thig 14), and the practice of jhāna, or meditative absorption (Thag 1:41, 1:43, 1:85, 1:119). They also employ the concepts of effluent (āsava) and kamma in their strictly …
… A short preliminary Pali formula for those who have trouble memorizing is:
“Mettā”—thoughts of good will (good will and benevolence for oneself and others, hoping for their welfare),
“Karuṇā”—thoughts of compassion (for oneself and others),
“Muditā”—thoughts of appreciation (taking delight in one’s own goodness and that of others),
“Upekkhā”—thoughts of equanimity (imperturbability with regard to those things that should …
… as a child who has parents but isn’t fed is sure to waste and wither away. For virtue to grow strong requires food, and the food of virtue is:
a. mettā—good will, love for oneself and all others, hoping that all living beings will be happy;
b. karuṇā—compassion for oneself and others, wanting us all to escape from suffering;
c. muditā …
… For more useful tips, see the sections of Ajaan Fuang Jotiko – Awareness Itself entitled, “Meditation,” “Breathing,” “Visions & Signs,” and “Right at Awareness”
On the brahmaviharas: “Head & Heart Together” in Head & Heart Together; “Metta Means Good Will” and “The Limits of the Unlimited Attitudes” in Beyond All Directions; “The Sublime Attitudes” in Meditations2
On walking meditation: “Walking Meditation: Stillness in Motion” in Meditations4
For short …
… The Sublime Attitudes; “Metta Means Goodwill”; “Head & Heart Together”; “Educating Compassion”; “Freedom from Buddha Nature”; “The Wisdom of the Ego”
On kamma: Karma Q&A; The Karma of Mindfulness; The Wings to Awakening; “The Road to Nirvāṇa is Paved with Skillful Intentions”; “The Karma of Now”; Selves & Not-self
On virtue: “The Healing Power of the Precepts”; “Getting the Message”
On appropriate attention: “Questions …
Antidotes to Anger
Talk on February 4, 2004 at the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center
by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
You’ve probably heard that the Buddhist antidote to anger is goodwill (mettā, sometimes translated as loving-kindness). You may have tried it and found that there are times when it doesn’t work. No matter how hard you try, it’s difficult to generate goodwill for …
… As the first line of the Karaṇīya Mettā Sutta (Khp 9) states,
This is to be done by one skilled in aims
who wants to break through to the state of peace:
In other words, if you want to break through to a state of peace, then this is what you have to do. And although generosity is one of the things one must …
… Cv.V.6 allows him to protect himself from being bitten by snakes through suffusing the four royal families of snakes with an attitude of good will (mettā) and to make a self-protection, stipulating the paritta to be chanted (AN 4:67). DN 32 and Sn&2:1 (= Khp 6) contain similar charms for protecting oneself against the depredations of unruly spirits. And …
… The word mettā I prefer to translate as goodwill. Some people translate it as loving-kindness, an idea that’s based on a passage in the Canon sometimes translated as, “Just as a mother would cherish her child, her only child, we should cherish all living beings.” But that’s not what the passage actually says. It says, “Just as a mother would protect …
… open – and our eyes will be open to perceiving the highest quality, the transcendent.
3. The analogy of soil rich in nutrients refers to our putting four qualities into practice –
a. Mettā: goodwill, friendliness, hoping for our own happiness and well-being, and for that of all other living beings.
b. Karuṇā: compassion for ourselves and others, which induces us to be helpful in …
… SN 46:54 Mettā Sutta | Goodwill — How the Buddha’s instructions in the four sublime attitudes (brahma-vihāra) differ from those of other sects.
SN 47:4 Sālā Sutta | At Sālā — Three levels of mindfulness and concentration practice: for newcomers, for those in training, and for arahants.
SN 47:6 Sakuṇagghi Sutta | The Hawk — The safety of wandering in your proper range as a …
… The collection totals 72 suttas in all, arranged in five chapters, and includes some of the most famous poems in the Pali Canon, such as the Discourse on Goodwill (Karaṇīya-Mettā Sutta, 1:8), the Discourse on Treasures (Ratana Sutta, 2:1), and the Discourse on Protection (Maṅgala Sutta, 2:4). It also contains two sets of poems that were apparently well-known in …
… Goodwill
Goodwill (mettā) is a wish for true happiness. As a meditative exercise, you spread thoughts of goodwill to yourself and to living beings in all directions, on all the many levels of the cosmos. The Buddha recommended this way of expressing this wish: ‘May these beings be free from animosity, free from oppression, free from trouble, and may they look after themselves with …
… Khp 8Nidhi Kaṇḍa | The Reserve Fund
Where is the safest and most productive place to stash your wealth?
Khp 9Karaṇīya Mettā Sutta | Goodwill
The practice of developing universal goodwill: the practices that form a foundation for the practice, the attitude of universal goodwill itself, and the steps that lead from goodwill to awakening.
Dhammapada …
.: The Dhammapada :.
The Dhammapada, an anthology of verses attributed to …
Saturday — Equanimity | Sublime Determinations
… In this way, you’re practicing equanimity in line with the first line in the Karaṇīya Mettā Sutta: “This is to be done by one who appreciates the state of peace.” You’re taking your brahmavihāra practice and using it to help in your practice of the duties of the four noble truths, leading to the peace of the third noble truth. You may …
Aṅguttara Nikāya | suttas on dhammatalks.org
… AN 4:125 Mettā Sutta | Goodwill (1) — The levels of rebirth to which mastery of each of the four brahmavihāras can lead, along with the subsequent course of one who is an educated disciple of the noble ones contrasted with the subsequent course of one who is not. AN 4:126 Mettā Sutta | Goodwill (2) — How mastery of any of the four brahmavihāras, together …
On Majjhima Nikāya 61
… The Sublime Attitudes; “Metta Means Goodwill”; “Head & Heart Together”; “Educating Compassion”; “Freedom from Buddha Nature”; “The Wisdom of the Ego” On kamma: Karma Q&A; The Karma of Mindfulness; The Wings to Awakening; “The Road to Nirvāṇa is Paved with Skillful Intentions”; “The Karma of Now”; Selves & Not-self On virtue: “The Healing Power of the Precepts”; “Getting the Message” On appropriate attention: “Questions …
