Parent:: [[Brahma Vihara|Brahma Vihāra]] # Mettā Bhāvanā (Loving Kindness Meditation) > [!info] > - Practicing Mettā helps removing [[Byapada|Byāpāda]]. ## Mettāsutta ![[Kp9 Mettāsutta#^aparimana]] ## Mettabhāvanā > [!note] In Mettabhāvanā ([link](https://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/Texts-and-Translations/Short-Pieces/Mettabhavana-2.htm)) ([[Mettabhāvanā (Friendliness Meditation)#^89fbee|excerpt]]) > ***Ahaṁ avero homi*** – May I have no enmity with anyone in the mind – why? because I’m conditioned by my own karma and should develop good karma > > ***Abyāpajjho homi*** – May I have no malice or ill-will for anyone – why? because my actions are conditioned by my own karma and should develop good karma > > ***Anīgho homi*** – May I have no spiritual defilements where in _nīgha_ means rāgo, doso and moho which must be removed for attaining nibbana > > ***Sukhī attānaṁ pariharāmi***. – May I resolve to achieve these in order to attain “sukha” which is nibbana > > (Translation by Vilas [[{Vilas Blog} Nivarana#^avero-homi|here]]) Once the above is established, one needs to **Transfer to *Everyone* around** in ***All Directions*** which then removes [[Byapada|byāpāda]] easily. > [!note] Mettabhāvanā - Continued > ***==ime sattā averā avyāpajjhā anīghā sukhī attānaṁ pariharantū== ti*** > > He has a benevolent mind(kindness filled with nibbana) and non-hateful thoughts. He thinks ‘***May all beings develop themselves to experience ‘peace’***, and be rid of unfriendliness, hostility/malice, and spiritual defilement.’ ### Mentioned in Cundasutta ![[Dhamma/Suttas/AN/AN10.176 Cundasutta.md#^metta]] ## 11 Blessings of practicing Metta > [!NOTE] 11 Blessings of practicing Metta — In Mettākathā ([ps2.4](https://suttacentral.net/ps2.4/en/nyanamoli), [Pali](https://suttacentral.net/ps2.4/pli/ms)) > “Bhikkhus, when the deliverance of will by loving kindness is cultivated, developed and made much of, made the vehicle, made the foundation, established, consolidated, and properly undertaken, then **eleven blessings can be expected**. > > What eleven? A man **sleeps in comfort (1)**, **wakes in comfort (2)**, and **dreams no evil dreams (3)**; he is **dear to human beings (4)**, he is **dear to non-human beings (5)**, **deities guard him (6)**, **fire and poison do not harm him (7)**; his **mind is easily concentrated (8)**, **the expression on his face is serene (9)**; he **dies undeluded (10)**, and if he does not penetrate the supreme state he will be **reborn in the Brahmā world (11)**. > > When the deliverance of will by loving kindness is cultivated, developed and made much of, made the vehicle, made the foundation, established, consolidated and properly undertaken, then these eleven blessings can be expected”. ## Even in the Face of Extreme Violence ![[MN21 Kakacūpamasutta#^simile-of-the-saw]] ## Eryu's Notes ![[(2023-04-07) (5-min) How to spread Loving & Kindness @Metta#Eryu's Steps]] ## Videos - **(Great)** (Music) Ariya Metta Sutta for attaining Samadhi ([Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuaGVxLZbLw)) ^2fd4a1 - (Chanting) Metta Sutta Chanting | by Bhante Indarathana ([Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6kmvcuoBvo)) ^f4578f - (Vilas) Karaniyametta Sutta chanting and exposition ([Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLvde9JufKM)) ^7380ed - [[(2023-04-07) (5-min) How to spread Loving & Kindness @Metta]] ## Suttas - [[Kp9 Mettāsutta]] ([Chanting](https://youtu.be/u6kmvcuoBvo)) - Alternatively called the **Karaṇīyamettā sutta** - **Mettabhāvanā** ([link](https://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/Texts-and-Translations/Short-Pieces/Mettabhavana-2.htm)) - "_Ahaṁ avero homi, abyāpajjho homi.._." - **PS2.4 Mettākathā** ([link](https://suttacentral.net/ps2.4), [Pali](https://suttacentral.net/ps2.4/pli/ms)) - Which Mettabhāvanā is based upon - AN11.15 Mettāsutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/an11.15/en/sujato)) - 11 Benefits of practicing Metta - [[MN21 Kakacūpamasutta]] - Buddha taught how one should remain in Metta despite of criticism & violence (e.g. being cut by a bandit, such is the Simile of the Saw)