Metta Sutta, Mett膩-sutta, Mettasutta: 4 definitions
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Metta Sutta means something in Buddhism, Pali. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Metta Sutta. One should be diligent and upright, gentle and not vain glorious, free from deceit. Let none, out of anger, or through resentment, wish misery to another. A person should cherish boundless goodwill towards all beings, like a mother fostering her only son. SN.vss.143-52; also Khp.p.8f.; where it is called Karaniyametta Sutta, by which name it is more popularly known.
This sutta was preached by the Buddha to five hundred monks who had obtained from him a formula for meditation and dwelt in a region in the Himalaya. The gods there were alarmed by the goodness of the monks and tried to frighten them away. The monks, constantly harassed, sought the Buddha at Savatthi. He preached this sutta to them and admonished them on the practice of goodwill. They followed his advice, and the gods, understanding, left them in peace (KhpA.232ff.; cp. DhA.i.313ff).
The sutta is included in the Parittas.
2. Metta Sutta. Once when the Buddha was at Haliddavasana, a discussion arose between some monks and some Paribbajakas as to whether there was any difference between their respective doctrines since they both inculcated the practice of goodwill, compassion, sympathy, and equanimity. The monks consulted the Buddha, who told them that the Paribbajakas were ignorant of how to cultivate these qualities, of what was their goal and their excellence, their fruit and their ending.
He then proceeded to explain to them that these are cultivated through the seven bojjhanga; goodwill has the beautiful for its excellence, compassion the infinity of space, sympathy the infinity of consciousness, and equanimity the sphere where nought exists. (S.v.115f).
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1. Metta Sutta. On four kinds of persons to be found in the world those who irradiate all quarters with goodwill, compassion, sympathy and equanimity. These are born after death in various Brahma worlds; if they happen to be disciples of the Buddha, they will no more return to the world of men. A.ii.128.
2. Metta Sutta. Very similar to the above. Such persons are born, after death, in the Suddhavasa. A.ii.129.
3. Metta Sutta. When a man has developed emancipation of the mind through goodwill, compassion, sympathy and equanimity, by the sign less (animitta) and getting rid of the thought I am, it cannot, be said of him that he has failed to find escape from the opposite qualities. A.iii.290f.
4. Metta Sutta. Nine qualifications which, if they accompany the observance of the fast days, make such observance fruitful the eight precepts (abstention from killing, etc.), and irradiating the world with thoughts of goodwill. A.iv.388f.
5. Metta Sutta. Eleven advantages which come from the development of goodwill towards all beings. A.v.342.
6. Metta Sutta. The idea of goodwill, if cultivated, leads to much profit. S.v.131.
Therav膩da is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
General definition (in Buddhism)
: Shambala Publications: GeneralMett膩-sutta Pali, lit., 鈥淪奴tra on Kindness鈥�; H墨nay膩na s奴tra the theme of which is the development of kindness. It is one of the most popular texts of Therav膩da Buddhism and is recited daily by the monks and laypeople of this school.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
[Pali to Burmese]
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(Auto-Translation): Love you.
Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav膩da Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha鈥檚 speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Metta, Sutta.
Full-text: Mettasuttavannana, Karaniyametta Sutta, Karaniyapariyaya, Mangala Sutta, Araka Jataka, Brahmavihara, Paritta.
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Dasabhumika Sutra (translation and study) (by Hwa Seon Yoon)
Part 1.9 - Metta or Maitri Paramita (desire for the well-being of others) < [Chapter 3 - Study: Paramitas or Perfections]
Ahara as depicted in the Pancanikaya (by Le Chanh)
4. Cultivation of food of consciousness < [Chapter 6 - Cultivation of four kinds of Ahara]
2. New courses of individual and community nutrition < [Chapter 7 - Conclusion]
Buddhist Ceremonies and Rituals of Sri Lanka (by A. G. S. Kariyawasam)
The Catu-Bhanavara-Pali (critical study) (by Moumita Dutta Banik)
(8) The Karaniya-Metta Sutta < [Chapter 2 - Subject Matter of the First Bhanavara]
(10) Khandhaparitta Sutta < [Chapter 2 - Subject Matter of the First Bhanavara]
The first Bhanavara (Introduction) < [Chapter 2 - Subject Matter of the First Bhanavara]
The Buddhist Path to Enlightenment (study) (by Dr Kala Acharya)
2.3.1. Abstention from falsehood (mus膩v膩da) < [Chapter 3 - Seven Factors of Enlightenment and Noble Eightfold Path]
Guide to Tipitaka (by U Ko Lay)
Part 1 - Khuddakapatha Pali < [Chapter VIII - Khuddaka Nikaya]
Part 5 - Suttampata Pali < [Chapter VIII - Khuddaka Nikaya]