The Practice Which leads to Nibbana - A Buddhist Library

astery or house, the whole village, the whole township, the wholestate, the whole country, the whole world, the whole solar system,the whole galaxy, and the whole of the infinite universe. As youexpand the area of radiation of lovingkindness you should developit in 48 ways and each of them till you reach the third jhŒna.Then after that you will be ready to pervade lovingkindness tothe 10 directions.Pervading Lovingkindness To The Ten DirectionsPervading lovingkindness to the ten directions consists of 48pervasions to each of the 10 directions which gives a total of, 10 x48=480 ways to radiate lovingkindness. When we add the 48 waysof pervading lovingkindness as taught above we get a total of, 480 +48 = 528 ways to radiate lovingkindness.To practise the pervasion of lovingkindness according to directionthen you should take all the beings in the whole universe thatare situated to the east of you as an object and when you can seethem in the light then radiate lovingkindness to them in the 48 waysmentioned above. Then you can do the same thing in the west, andprogressively in all the other directions.When you have completed this you can also go on to pervadelovingkindness in the ways described in the Metta Sutta as well.(See Below)When you have completed the development of the practise ofradiating lovingkindness in these 528 ways you will then know howto send lovingkindness in accordance with the instructions of theBuddha in Digha NikŒya and in other places and you will also beable to experience the eleven benefits of practising lovingkindnesswhich the Buddha has taught in Anguttara NikŒya.ÒHe lives having pervaded one quarter with a mind possessed oflovingkindness and in the same way a second, a third, and a fourthw 93