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AN 4.126PTS AN 2.130Mettā 21 min read

Love (2nd)

Dutiyamettāsutta

Contemplating divine abiding meditations with wisdom.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.126Numbered Discourses 4.126
  • 0.213. Bhayavagga13. Fears

0.3DutiyamettāsuttaLove (2nd)

1.1PTS 2.130“Cattārome, bhikkhave, puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ.“Mendicants, these four individuals are found in the world.1.2Katame cattāro?What four?

1.3Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo mettāsahagatena cetasā ekaṁ disaṁ pharitvā viharati, tathā dutiyaṁ tathā tatiyaṁ tathā catutthaṁ. Iti uddhamadho tiriyaṁ sabbadhi sabbattatāya sabbāvantaṁ lokaṁ mettāsahagatena cetasā vipulena mahaggatena appamāṇena averena abyāpajjena pharitvā viharati.Firstly, an individual meditates spreading a heart full of love to one direction, and to the second, and to the third, and to the fourth. In the same way above, below, across, everywhere, all around, they spread a heart full of love to the whole world—abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity and ill will.1.4So yadeva tattha hoti rūpagataṁ vedanāgataṁ saññāgataṁ saṅkhāragataṁ viññāṇagataṁ te dhamme aniccato dukkhato rogato gaṇḍato sallato aghato ābādhato parato palokato suññato anattato samanupassati.They contemplate the phenomena there—included in form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness—as impermanent, as suffering, as diseased, as a boil, as a dart, as gloom, as an affliction, as alien, as breaking apart, as empty, as not-self.1.5So kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā suddhāvāsānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati.When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the gods of the pure abodes.1.6Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, upapatti asādhāraṇā puthujjanehi.This rebirth is distinct from that of ordinary people.

2.1Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, idhekacco puggalo karuṇā …pe…Furthermore, an individual meditates spreading a heart full of compassion …2.2muditā …pe…rejoicing …2.3upekkhāsahagatena cetasā ekaṁ disaṁ pharitvā viharati, tathā dutiyaṁ tathā tatiyaṁ tathā catutthaṁ. Iti uddhamadho tiriyaṁ sabbadhi sabbattatāya sabbāvantaṁ lokaṁ upekkhāsahagatena cetasā vipulena mahaggatena appamāṇena averena abyāpajjena pharitvā viharati.equanimity to one direction, and to the second, and to the third, and to the fourth. In the same way above, below, across, everywhere, all around, they spread a heart full of equanimity to the whole world—abundant, expansive, limitless, free of enmity and ill will.2.4So yadeva tattha hoti rūpagataṁ vedanāgataṁ saññāgataṁ saṅkhāragataṁ viññāṇagataṁ te dhamme aniccato dukkhato rogato gaṇḍato sallato aghato ābādhato parato palokato suññato anattato samanupassati.They contemplate the phenomena there—included in form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness—as impermanent, as suffering, as diseased, as a boil, as a dart, as gloom, as an affliction, as alien, as breaking apart, as empty, as not-self.2.5So kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā suddhāvāsānaṁ devānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati.When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in the company of the gods of the pure abodes.2.6Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, upapatti asādhāraṇā puthujjanehi.This rebirth is distinct from that of ordinary people.

2.7Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasminti.These are the four individuals found in the world.”

2.8Chaṭṭhaṁ.