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Metta Chant: The Dissemination and the New Semination
2009/05/13 — grant czerepakVodpod videos no longer available.
Beautiful Buddhist chanting on metta – loving kindness with English subtitles, but without disturbing English speech. One of the most beautiful “prayers” among all religions.
The Metta Chant Text
Aham avero homi
May I be free from enmity and danger
abyapajjho homi
May I be free from mental suffering
anigha homi
May I be free from physical suffering
sukhi – attanam pariharami
May I take care of myself happily
Mama matapitu
May my parents
acariya ca natimitta ca
teacher relatives and friends
sabrahma – carino ca
fellow Dhamma farers
avera hontu
be free from enmity and danger
abyapajjha hontu
be free from mental suffering
anigha hontu
be free from physical suffering
sukhi – attanam pariharantu
may they take care of themselves happily
Imasmim arame sabbe yogino
May all meditators in this compound
avera hontu
be free from enmity and danger
abyapajjha hontu
be free from mental suffering
anigha hontu
be free from physical suffering
sukhi – attanam pariharantu
May they take care of themselves happily
Imasmim arame sabbe bhikkhu
May all monks in this compound
samanera ca
novice monks
upasaka – upasikaya ca
laymen and laywomen disciples
avera hontu
be free from enmity and danger
abyapajjha hontu
be free from mental suffering
anigha hontu
be free from physical suffering
sukhi – attanam pariharantu
May they take care of themselves happily
Amhakam catupaccaya – dayaka
May our donors of the four supports: clothing, food, medicine and lodging
avera hontu
be free from enmity and danger
abyapajjha hontu
be free from mental suffering
anigha hontu
be free from physical suffering
sukhi – attanam pariharantu
May they take care of themselves happily
Amhakam arakkha devata
May our guardian devas
Ismasmim vihare
in this monastery
Ismasmim avase
in this dwelling
Ismasmim arame
in this compound
arakkha devata
May the guardian devas
avera hontu
be free from enmity and danger
abyapajjha hontu
be free from mental suffering
anigha hontu
be free from physical suffering
sukhi – attanam pariharantu
may they take care of themselves happily
Sabbe satta
May all beings
sabbe pana
all breathing things
sabbe bhutta
all creatures
sabbe puggala
all individuals (all beings)
sabbe attabhava – pariyapanna
all personalities (all beings with mind and body)
sabbe itthoyo
may all females
sabbe purisa
all males
sabbe ariya
all noble ones (saints)
sabbe anariya
all worldlings (those yet to attain sainthood)
sabbe deva
all devas (deities)
sabbe manussa
all humans
sabbe vinipatika
all those in the four woeful planes
avera hontu
be free from enmity and dangers
abyapajjha hontu
be free from mental suffering
anigha hontu
be free from physical suffering
sukhi – attanam pariharantu
may they take care of themselves happily
Dukkha muccantu
May all being be free from suffering
Yattha-laddha-sampattito mavigacchantu
May whatever they have gained not be lost
Kammassaka
All beings are owners of their own Kamma
Purathimaya disaya
in the eastern direction
pacchimaya disaya
in the western direction
uttara disaya
in the northern direction
dakkhinaya disaya
in the southern direction
purathimaya anudisaya
in the southeast direction
pacchimaya anudisaya
in the northwest direction
uttara anudisaya
in the northeast direction
dakkhinaya anudisaya
in the southwest direction
hetthimaya disaya
in the direction below
uparimaya disaya
in the direction above
Sabbe satta
May all beings
sabbe pana
all breathing things
sabbe bhutta
all creatures
sabbe puggala
all individuals (all beings)
sabbe attabhava – pariyapanna
all personalities (all beings with mind and body)
sabbe itthoyo
may all females
sabbe purisa
all males
sabbe ariya
all noble ones (saints)
sabbe anariya
(those yet to attain sainthood)
sabbe deva
all devas (deities)
sabbe manussa
all humans
sabbe vinipatika
all those in the 4 woeful planes
avera hontu
be free from enmity and dangers
abyapajjha hontu
be free from mental suffering
anigha hontu
be free from physical suffering
sukhi – attanam pariharantu
may they take care of themselves happily
Dukkha muccantu
May all beings be free from suffering
Yattha-laddha-sampattito mavigacchantu
May whatever they have gained not be lost
Kammassaka
All beings are owners of their own kamma
Uddham yava bhavagga ca
As far as the highest plane of existence
adho yava aviccito
to as far down as the lowest plane
samanta cakkavalesu
in the entire universe
ye satta pathavicara
whatever beings that move on earth
abyapajjha nivera ca
may they are free of mental suffering and enmity
nidukkha ca nupaddava
and from physical suffering and danger
Uddham yava bhavagga ca
As far as the highest plane of existence
adho yava aviccito
to as far down as the lowest plane
samanta cakkavalesu
in the entire universe
ye satta udakecara
whatever beings that move on water
abyapajjha nivera ca
may they are free of mental suffering and enmity
nidukkha ca nupaddava
and from physical suffering and danger
Uddham yava bhavagga ca
As far as the highest plane of existence
adho yava aviccito
to as far down as the lowest plane
samanta cakkavalesu
in the entire universe
ye satta akasecara
whatever beings that move in air
abyapajjha nivera ca
may they are free of mental suffering and enmity
nidukkha ca nupaddava
and from physical suffering and danger.
However, this is only half a Mantra. This mantra describes what it doesn’t want instead of what it does want. This is a giant spiritual shit, a defecation, a bath. For all the beauty of the music, this is a mantra of universal waste management. This is necessary particularly when you are angry.
There should be a second part, a filling of words should be what we want for the world. The writer of this mantra is afraid of what he wants. Mental health, Love, Safety, Physical Comfort, Caring for Others. And so I offer part two, The Semination of Metta. The spiritual feast. This is necessary when you are emotionally empty or exhausted. It’s also fun when you are happy.
May I be filled with love and safety
May I be filled with mental health
May I be filled with physical pleasure
May I take care of others happily
May my parents
teacher relatives and friends
fellow Dhamma farers
Be filled with love and safety
be filled with mental health
be filled with physical pleasure
may they take care of others happily
May all meditators in this compound
be filled with love and safety
be filled wth mental health
be filled with physical pleasure
May they take care of others happily
May all monks in this compound
novice monks
laymen and laywomen disciples
be filled with love and safety
be filled with mental health
be filled with physical pleasure
May they take care of others happily
May our donors of the four supports: clothing, food, medicine and lodging
be filled with love and safety
be filled with mental health
be filled with physical pleasure
May they take care of others happily
May our guardian devas
in this monastery
in this dwelling
in this compound
May the guardian devas
be filled with love and safety
be filled with mental health
be filled with physical pleasure
May they take care of others happily
May all beings
all breathing things
all creatures
all individuals (all beings)
all personalities (all beings with mind and body)
may all females
all males
all noble ones (saints)
all worldlings (those yet to attain sainthood)
all devas (deities)
all humans
all those in the four woeful planes
be filled with love and safety
be filled with mental health
be filled with physical pleasure
May they take care of others happily
May all being be filled with comfort
May whatever they have lost be gained
All beings are owners of their own Kamma
in the eastern direction
in the western direction
in the northern direction
in the southern direction
in the southeast direction
in the northwest direction
in the northeast direction
in the southwest direction
in the direction below
in the direction above
May all beings
all breathing things
all creatures
all individuals (all beings)
all personalities (all beings with mind and body)
may all females
all males
all noble ones (saints)
(those yet to attain sainthood)
all devas (deities)
all humans
all those in the 4 woeful planes
be filled with love and safety
be filled with mental health
be filled with physical pleasure
May they take care of others happily
May all beings be filled with comfort
May whatever they have lost be gained
All beings are owners of their own kamma
As far as the highest plane of existence
to as far down as the lowest plane
in the entire universe
whatever beings that move on earth
may they be filled with mental health and love
and filled with physical pleasure and safety
As far as the highest plane of existence
to as far down as the lowest plane
in the entire universe
whatever beings that move on water
may they be filled with mental health and love
and filled with physical pleasure and safety
As far as the highest plane of existence
to as far down as the lowest plane
in the entire universe
whatever beings that move in air
may they be filled with mental health and love
and filled with physical pleasure and safety
Religion: Reciprocitism: A New Command I Give You
2009/05/12 — grant czerepak
Reciprocitism.
Reciprocity is the foundation of every religion.
Reciprocity states: “Do to others as you would have others do to you.”
Reciprocity does not work if you are a masochist.
If you hate yourself, you will hate others in the same way.
And so reciprocity in its current form is a curse to all of humanity.
Rights are permissions to love yourself.
Responsibilities are requirements to love others as you would have others love you.
So a new reciprocitic command must be coined:
“Love yourself and love others as you would have others love you.”
Robert Frost: Birches
2009/04/04 — grant czerepak
“Earth’s the right place for love”
Is your user in a pathless wood or swinging on birches? — relationary
Birches
by Robert Frost
When I see birches bend to left and right
Across the lines of straighter darker trees,
I like to think some boy’s been swinging them.
But swinging doesn’t bend them down to stay.
Ice-storms do that. Often you must have seen them
Loaded with ice a sunny winter morning
After a rain. They click upon themselves
As the breeze rises, and turn many-coloured
As the stir cracks and crazes their enamel.
Soon the sun’s warmth makes them shed crystal shells
Shattering and avalanching on the snow-crust
Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away
You’d think the inner dome of heaven had fallen.
They are dragged to the withered bracken by the load,
And they seem not to break; though once they are bowed
So low for long, they never right themselves:
You may see their trunks arching in the woods
Years afterwards, trailing their leaves on the ground,
Like girls on hands and knees that throw their hair
Before them over their heads to dry in the sun.
But I was going to say when Truth broke in
With all her matter-of-fact about the ice-storm,
I should prefer to have some boy bend them
As he went out and in to fetch the cows–
Some boy too far from town to learn baseball,
Whose only play was what he found himself,
Summer or winter, and could play alone.
One by one he subdued his father’s trees
By riding them down over and over again
Until he took the stiffness out of them,
And not one but hung limp, not one was left
For him to conquer. He learned all there was
To learn about not launching out too soon
And so not carrying the tree away
Clear to the ground. He always kept his poise
To the top branches, climbing carefully
With the same pains you use to fill a cup
Up to the brim, and even above the brim.
Then he flung outward, feet first, with a swish,
Kicking his way down through the air to the ground.
So was I once myself a swinger of birches.
And so I dream of going back to be.
It’s when I’m weary of considerations,
And life is too much like a pathless wood
Where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs
Broken across it, and one eye is weeping
From a twig’s having lashed across it open.
I’d like to get away from earth awhile
And then come back to it and begin over.
May no fate wilfully misunderstand me
And half grant what I wish and snatch me away
Not to return. Earth’s the right place for love:
I don’t know where it’s likely to go better.
I’d like to go by climbing a birch tree~
And climb black branches up a snow-white trunk
Toward heaven, till the tree could bear no more,
But dipped its top and set me down again.
That would be good both going and coming back.
One could do worse than be a swinger of birches.
