Loving Kindness

Loving Kindness

One whose wish is to do

Meritorious act with skill

And strive to attain

The highest goal of all,

The state of the Supreme

Should thus possess

The supreme qualities

Of mankind

Thus, he should be

Upright, competent and candid

Gentle, humble and accommodating

Thoroughly, independent and content

Light in bag and baggage

Simple in ways, means and virtues

Discreet, prudent

With sensual desires

In full check of self control

Not greedy, haughty and not bound

By bounty or bondage

To the lineage of family and life

Would dare not err on the tinniest

Of what the wise

Would fear the most

May all beings,

Be happy, content

And safe in their habitat

Without any exception

Of all living beings

That exist

The beings weak or strong

The beings tall or stocky or otherwise  

Short or tiny or the chunky

Those to be seen

Or  not seen

Those dwelling near or far

Those who are born

 Or to be born,

 May all beings,

Without any exception,

 Be happy and content

 Let there be no deceit

 Nor despise of nobody

 No anger or ill will

Let there be no wish to harm any

 Just as the mother would protect

Her only child

 Even at the risk of her own life,

 May all beings are protected

Thus with that absolute devotion

Let one cultivate

The unfathomed mind

 Let there be boundless love

That pervade the universe

 Above, below, across

And in all directions

 Be there of no hindrance

To that universal love

Or no hatred or enmity

Whether one stands, walks or sits

Lies down

Or as long as

One is awake

  

One should cultivate the mindfulness

In earnest,

It is the highest

Conduct of all

 Devoid of wrong views

 Endowed with virtue and insight

 One discards all attachments

To any sensuous desires

Truly, he does not come again,

To be reborn again

With the said truth of unanimity, may I be well.

With the said truth of unanimity, may I be free from illness.

With the said truth of unanimity, may I attain the blissful victory