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[00:00.0] ### The Sublime Attitudes [00:00.1] ##### <i>from the Metta Forest Monastery</i> <hr /> [00:00.3] #### (Mettā — Goodwill) [00:02.0] Ah^aṁ sukhito h^omi [00:05.0] May I be happy. [00:07.0] Niddukkho h^omi [00:09.0] May I be free from stress & pain. [00:13.20] `Avero h^omi [00:15.20] May I be free from animosity. [00:19.0] Abyāpajjho h^omi [00:22.0] May I be free from oppression. [00:26.0] Anīgho h^omi [00:29.0] May I be free from trouble. [00:31.50] Sukh^ī `attānaṁ p`arih^arāmi [00:35.10] May I look after myself with ease. [00:39.0] S`abbe s`attā sukhitā h^ontu. [00:43.0] May all living beings be happy. [00:45.45] S`abbe s`attā averā h^ontu. [00:50.0] May all living beings be free from animosity. [00:54.40] S`abbe s`attā abyāpajjhā h^ontu. [00:59.0] May all living beings be free from oppression. [01:04.0] S`abbe s`attā anīghā h^ontu. [01:06.50] May all living beings be free from trouble. [01:11.0] S`abbe s`attā sukh^ī `attānaṁ p`arih^arantu. [01:17.0] May all living beings look after themselves with ease. [01:21.25] #### (Karuṇā — Compassion) [01:21.30] S`abbe s`attā sabba-dukkhā pamucc^antu. [01:26.50] May all living beings be freed from all stress & pain. [01:31.40] #### (Muditā — Empathetic Joy) [01:31.50] S`abbe s`attā laddha-s^amp`att^ito mā vigacch^antu. [01:37.37] May all living beings not be deprived of the good fortune they have attained. [01:43.30] #### (Upekkhā — Equanimity) [01:43.40] S`abbe s`attā kammassakā kamm^a-dāyādā kamm^a-yonī kamm^a-bandhū kamma-p`aṭis^araṇā. [01:54.50] All living beings are the owners of their actions, heir to their actions, born of their actions, related through their actions, and live dependent on their actions. [02:10.0] Yaṁ kammaṁ k`ariss^anti kalyāṇaṁ vā pāp`akaṁ vā tass`a dāyādā bh`aviss^anti. [02:19.0] Whatever they do, for good or for evil, to that will they fall heir. <li class="pali"></li> <hr /> [02:26.50] [ S`abbe s`attā sadā h^ontu ] [02:29.50] Averā sukha-jīvino. [02:33.0] May all beings live happily, always free from animosity. [02:39.50] Kataṁ puñña-phalaṁ mayhaṁ [02:42.30] S`abbe bhāgī bhavantu te. [02:46.0] May all share in the blessings springing from the good I have done. [02:52.0] [ Hotu sabbaṁ sumaṇgalaṁ ] [02:55.0] May there be every good blessing. [02:59.0] Rakkhantu sabba-devatā [03:02.0] May the devas protect you. [03:05.0] Sabba-buddhānubhāvena [03:09.0] Through the power of all the Buddhas, [03:12.0] Sotthī h^ontu nirantaraṁ [03:15.0] may you forever be well. [03:18.50] Hotu sabbaṁ sumaṇgalaṁ [03:22.0] May there be every good blessing. [03:25.0] Rakkhantu sabba-devatā [03:27.30] May the devas protect you. [03:31.0] Sabba-dhammānubhāvena [03:35.0] Through the power of all the Dhamma, [03:38.0] Sotthī h^ontu nirantaraṁ [03:42.0] may you forever be well. [03:45.0] Hotu sabbaṁ sumaṇgalaṁ [03:49.0] May there be every good blessing. [03:52.0] Rakkhantu sabba-devatā [03:55.0] May the devas protect you. [03:58.0] Sabba-saṇghānubhāvena [04:02.0] Through the power of all the Saṇgha, [04:05.0] Sotthī h^ontu nirantaraṁ [04:08.30] may you forever be well. <br />