The Practice Which leads to Nibbana - A Buddhist Library

w 96Without taking up wrong views, being virtuous and possessedof insight, he whose attachment to sense pleasures has been removed,he will never be reborn again.The method of radiating metta according to the Metta Sutta is :1. May all beings live in (physical) happiness.2. May all beings live in peace.3. May all beings experience (mental) happiness.4. Whatever beings there may be that are feeble, or strong, mayall those beings experience happiness.5. Whatever beings there may be that I have seen and that I havenever seen, may all those beings experience happiness.6.Whatever beings there may be that live faraway or that livenearby, may all those beings experience happiness.7.Whatever beings there may be that will be reborn and thosewho will not be reborn, may all those beings experience happiness.8. Whatever beings there may be that are long, short, or mediummay all those beings experience happiness.9. Whatever beings there may be that are large, small, or mediummay all those beings experience happiness.10. Whatever beings there may be that are fat, thin, or mediummay all those beings experience happiness.11. Let not anyone deceive another.12. Let not anyone despise anyone whatsoever in any place.13. Let not anyone wish harm to another because of ill-will ordislike.Compassion Meditation (KaruöŒ BhŒvana)If you have developed lovingkindness meditation as describedabove then it should not be difficult for you to develop compassionas a meditation subject. If you want to develop compassion youshould firstly select a being who is suffering, who is of the same sexas yourself and who is living, and reflecting on his suffering youshould arouse compassion for that being.