Oops

I was going to write something but changed my mind so I made it go away. Now all I have to say is something Buddha said. It's called the Metta Sutta. Sutta means discourse and Metta means lovingkindness. Put them together and you have Buddha's discourse on lovingkindness. I love it. I've memorized it and repeat it every day after my meditation time. It's a good reminder of what I want my life to be about, what I try to make it about. Here it is:

 

To reach the state of peace

One skilled in the good

Should be capable and upright

Straightforward, easy to speak to, gentle and not proud

Contented and easily supported

Living lightly with few duties

Wise and with senses calmed

Not arrogant and without greed for supporters

And should not do the least thing the wise would criticize

One should reflect

May all be happy and secure

May all beings be happy at heart

All living beings whether weak or strong

Tall, large, medium or short

Tiny or big, seen or unseen, near or distant, born or to be born

May they all be happy

Let no one deceive another or despise anyone anywhere

Let no one through anger or aversion wish for others to suffer

As a mother would risk her own life to protect her child, her only child

So toward all beings should one cultivate the boundless heart

With lovingkindness for the whole world should one cultivate a boundless heart

Above, below and all around

Without obstruction, without hate and without ill will

Standing or walking, sitting or lying down

Whenever one is awake may one stay with this recollection

This is called the sublime abiding, here and now

One who is virtuous, endowed with vision

Not taken by abuse and having overcome all greed for sensual pleasure

Will not be reborn again.