{"id":10356,"date":"2011-10-18T14:29:39","date_gmt":"2011-10-18T06:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/?p=10356"},"modified":"2011-10-18T14:29:39","modified_gmt":"2011-10-18T06:29:39","slug":"verses-for-loving-kindness-meditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/2011\/10\/verses-for-loving-kindness-meditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Verses for Loving-Kindness Meditation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10357\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/821.jpg?resize=128%2C142\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/821.jpg?w=213&amp;ssl=1 213w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/821.jpg?resize=86%2C96&amp;ssl=1 86w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>May <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">I<\/span> be free from enmity and danger<br \/>\nMay I be free from mental suffering (e.g. fear, hatred, jealousy)<br \/>\nMay I be free from physical suffering (e.g. discomfort, illness)<br \/>\nMay I be well and happy<br \/>\nMay I take care of myself happily<\/p>\n<p>May <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">my mother and father<\/span> (brothers and sisters\u2026)<br \/>\nbe free from enmity and danger<br \/>\nMay they be free from mental suffering<br \/>\nMay they be free from physical suffering<br \/>\nMay they be well and happy.<br \/>\nMay they take care of themselves happily.<\/p>\n<p>May ________<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> (friends)<\/span><br \/>\nbe free from enmity and danger<br \/>\nMay they be free from mental suffering<br \/>\nMay they be free from physical suffering<br \/>\nMay they be well and happy.<br \/>\nMay they take care of themselves happily.<\/p>\n<p>May ________ <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(strangers)<\/span><br \/>\nbe free from enmity and danger<br \/>\nMay they be free from mental suffering<br \/>\nMay they be free from physical suffering<br \/>\nMay they be well and happy.<br \/>\nMay they take care of themselves happily.<\/p>\n<p>May ________ <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(enemies)<\/span><br \/>\nbe free from enmity and danger<br \/>\nMay they be free from mental suffering<br \/>\nMay they be free from physical suffering<br \/>\nMay they be well and happy.<br \/>\nMay they take care of themselves happily.<\/p>\n<p>May all in _______<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> (community* or nation)<\/span><br \/>\nbe free from enmity and danger<br \/>\nMay they be free from mental suffering<br \/>\nMay they be free from physical suffering<br \/>\nMay they be well and happy.<br \/>\nMay they take care of themselves happily.<\/p>\n<p>(*e.g my teachers and fellow practitioners)<\/p>\n<p>May ______ <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(realm) beings<\/span><br \/>\nbe free from enmity and danger<br \/>\nMay they be free from mental suffering<br \/>\nMay they be free from physical suffering<br \/>\nMay they be well and happy.<br \/>\nMay they take care of themselves happily.<\/p>\n<p>May <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">all beings<\/span><br \/>\nbe free from enmity and danger<br \/>\nMay they be free from mental suffering<br \/>\nMay they be free from physical suffering<br \/>\nMay they be well and happy.<br \/>\nMay they take care of themselves happily.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notes:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1. Each section\u00a0can be slowly used once each, or be repeated.<br \/>\n2. There is no time limit. Do\u00a0take your time to generate heartfelt Metta.<br \/>\n3. You can formulate your own words,\u00a0as long as begin with yourself and end with all.<br \/>\n4. The meditation can be preceded with reciting the Metta Sutta:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.accesstoinsight.org\/tipitaka\/kn\/snp\/snp.1.08.piya.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.accesstoinsight.org\/tipitaka\/kn\/snp\/snp.1.08.piya.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May I be free from enmity and danger May I be free from mental suffering (e.g. fear, hatred, jealousy) May&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[200,33],"class_list":["post-10356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mix","tag-loving-kindness","tag-meditation","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10356\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moonpointer.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}