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अङ्गुत्तर निकाय ११।१५
Aṅguttara Nikāya 11.15
Numbered Discourses 11.15
२। अनुस्सतिवग्ग
2. Anussativagga
2. Recollection
मेत्तासुत्त
Mettāsutta
The Benefits of Love
“मेत्ताय, भिक्खवे, चेतोविमुत्तिया आसेविताय भाविताय बहुलीकताय यानीकताय वत्थुकताय अनुट्ठिताय परिचिताय सुसमारद्धाय एकादसानिसंसा पाटिकङ्खा।
“Mettāya, bhikkhave, cetovimuttiyā āsevitāya bhāvitāya bahulīkatāya yānīkatāya vatthukatāya anuṭṭhitāya paricitāya susamāraddhāya ekādasānisaṁsā pāṭikaṅkhā.
“Bhikkhus, you can expect eleven benefits when the heart’s release by love has been cultivated, developed, and practiced, made a vehicle and a basis, kept up, consolidated, and properly implemented.
कतमे एकादस? सुखं सुपति, सुखं पटिबुज्झति, न पापकं सुपिनं पस्सति, मनुस्सानं पियो होति, अमनुस्सानं पियो होति, देवता रक्खन्ति, नास्स अग्गि वा विसं वा सत्थं वा कमति, तुवटं चित्तं समाधियति, मुखवण्णो विप्पसीदति, असम्मूळ्हो कालं करोति, उत्तरि अप्पटिविज्झन्तो ब्रह्मलोकूपगो होति। मेत्ताय, भिक्खवे, चेतोविमुत्तिया आसेविताय भाविताय बहुलीकताय यानीकताय वत्थुकताय अनुट्ठिताय परिचिताय सुसमारद्धाय इमे एकादसानिसंसा पाटिकङ्खा”ति।
Katame ekādasa? Sukhaṁ supati, sukhaṁ paṭibujjhati, na pāpakaṁ supinaṁ passati, manussānaṁ piyo hoti, amanussānaṁ piyo hoti, devatā rakkhanti, nāssa aggi vā visaṁ vā satthaṁ vā kamati, tuvaṭaṁ cittaṁ samādhiyati, mukhavaṇṇo vippasīdati, asammūḷho kālaṁ karoti, uttari appaṭivijjhanto brahmalokūpago hoti. Mettāya, bhikkhave, cetovimuttiyā āsevitāya bhāvitāya bahulīkatāya yānīkatāya vatthukatāya anuṭṭhitāya paricitāya susamāraddhāya ime ekādasānisaṁsā pāṭikaṅkhā”ti.
What eleven? You sleep at ease. You wake happily. You don’t have bad dreams. Humans love you. Non-humans love you. Deities protect you. You can’t be harmed by fire, poison, or blade. Your mind quickly enters immersion. Your face is clear and bright. You don’t feel lost when you die. If you don’t penetrate any higher, you’ll be reborn in a Brahmā realm. You can expect eleven benefits when the heart’s release by love has been cultivated, developed, and practiced, made a vehicle and a basis, kept up, consolidated, and properly implemented.”
पञ्चमं।
Pañcamaṁ.
The authoritative text of the Aṅguttara Nikāya is the Pāli text. The English translation is provided as an aid to the study of the original Pāli text. [CREDITS »]
