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    Metta Chanting

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    This chant expresses wishes for well-being and freedom from suffering for all beings. It asks that all beings, including family, teachers, monks, donors, guardians, and beings in all places and realms be free from enmity, mental suffering, and physical pain, and able to care for themselves happily. The chant extends these wishes to all directions and realms, for beings on land, water and air.

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    This chant expresses wishes for well-being and freedom from suffering for all beings. It asks that all beings, including family, teachers, monks, donors, guardians, and beings in all places and realms be free from enmity, mental suffering, and physical pain, and able to care for themselves happily. The chant extends these wishes to all directions and realms, for beings on land, water and air.

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    Metta Chanting in Bali Language

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    This chant expresses wishes for well-being and freedom from suffering for all beings. It asks that all beings, including family, teachers, monks, donors, guardians, and beings in all places and realms be free from enmity, mental suffering, and physical pain, and able to care for themselves happily. The chant extends these wishes to all directions and realms, for beings on land, water and air.

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    Metta Chanting

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    Chan Siew Chong
    This chant expresses wishes for well-being and freedom from suffering for all beings. It asks that all beings, including family, teachers, monks, donors, guardians, and beings in all places and realms be free from enmity, mental suffering, and physical pain, and able to care for themselves happily. The chant extends these wishes to all directions and realms, for beings on land, water and air.

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    The key takeaways are that the chant is wishing for freedom from suffering, danger, and affliction as well as happiness and well-being for all beings.

    In the chant, freedom from enmity, danger, mental suffering, and physical suffering is being wished for all beings as well as for them to care for themselves happily.

    The chant is wishing well-being upon oneself, parents, teachers, relatives, friends, fellow practitioners of the Dhamma, yogis, monks, novices, laymen, laywomen, donors, guardian devas, all beings, all creatures, all individuals including females, males, nobles, worldlings, deities, humans and those in unfortunate realms.

    THE CHANT OF METTA

    Rendition by Imee Ooi

    Aham avero homi abyapajjho homi anigho homi sukhi-attanam pariharami

    May I be free from enmity and danger May I be free from mental suffering May I be free from physical suffering May I take care of myself happily

    Mama matapitu acariya ca natimitta ca sabrahma-carino ca May my parents teachers, relatives and friends fellow Dhammafarers

    avera hontu abyapajjha hontu anigha hontu sukhi-attanam pariharantu


    be free from enimity and danger be free from mental suffering be free from physical suffering May they take care of thenselves happily

    Imasmim arame sabbe yogina avera hontu abyapajjha hontu

    May all yogis in this compound be free from enmity and danger be free from mental suffering

    anigha hontu sukhi-attanam pariharantu

    be free from physical suffering May they take care of themselves happily

    Imasmim arame sabbe bhikkhu samanera ca upasaka-upasikayo ca May all monks in this compound novice monks laymen and laywomen disciples

    avera hontu abyapajjha hontu anigha hontu sukhi-attanam pariharantu

    be free from enmity and danger be free from mental suffering be free from physical suffering May they take care of themselves happily

    Amhakam catupaccaya-dayaka avera hontu abyapajjha hontu May our donors of the four supports be free from enmity and danger be free from mental suffering

    anigha hontu sukhi-attanam pariharantu be free from physical suffering May they take care of themselves happily

    Amhakam arakkha devata imasmim vihare imasmim avase imasmim arame arakkha devata May our guardian devas in this monastery in this dwelling in this compound may the guardian devas

    avera hontu abyapajjha hontu anigha hontu sukhi-attanam pariharantu be free from enmity and danger be free from mental suffering be free from physical suffering May they take care of themselves happily

    Sabbe satta sabbe pana sabbe bhuta sabbe puggala May all beings all breathing things all creatures all individuals

    sabbe attabhava-pariyapanna sabba itthiyo sabbe purisa sabbe ariya


    all personalities may all females all males all noble one

    sabbe anariya sabbe deva sabbe manussa sabbe vinipatika


    all worldlings all deities all humans all those in the four woeful planes

    avera hontu abyapajjha hontu anigha hontu sukhi-attanam pariharantu be free from enmity and danger be free from mental suffering be free from physical suffering may they take care of themselves happily

    Dukkha mucantu Yatha-laddha-sampattito mavigacchantu Kammassaka May all beings be free from suffering May whatever they have gained not be lost All beings are owners of their kamma

    Puratthimaya disaya pacchimaya disaya uttaraya disaya dakkhinaya disaya puratthimaya anudisaya pacchimaya anudisaya In the eastern direction in the western direction in the northern direction in the southern direction in the southeast direction in the northwest direction

    uttaraya anudisaya dakkhinaya anudisaya hetthimaya disaya uparimaya disaya


    in the northeast direction in the southwest direction in the direction below in the direction above

    sabbe satta sabbe pana sabbe bhuta sabbe puggala


    may all beings all breathing things all creatures all individuals

    sabbe attabhava-pariyapanna sabba itthiyo sabbe purisa sabbe ariya all personalities may all females all males all noble one

    sabbe anariya sabbe deva sabbe manussa sabbe vinipatika


    all worldlings all deities all humans all those in the four woeful planes

    avera hontu abyapajjha hontu anigha hontu sukhi-attanam pariharantu


    be free from enmity and danger be free from mental suffering be free from physical suffering may they take care of themselves happily

    Dukkha muccantu Yatha-laddha-sampattito mavigacchantu Kammassaka May all beings be free from suffering May whatever they have gained not be lost All beings are owners of their kamma

    Uddham yava bhavagga ca adho yava aviccito samanta cakkavalesu As far as the highest plane of existence to as far down as the lowest plane in the entire universe

    ye satta pathavicara abyapajjha nivera ca nidukha ca nupaddava

    whatever beings that move on earth may they be free from mental suffering & enmity and from physical suffering and danger

    Uddham yava bhavagga ca adho yava aviccito samanta cakkavalesu As far as the highest plane of existence to as far down as the lowest plane in the entire universe

    ye satta udakecara abyapajjha nivera ca nidukha ca nupaddava

    whatever beings that move on water may they be free from mental suffering & enmity and from physical suffering and danger

    Uddham yava bhavagga ca adho yava aviccito samanta cakkavalesu ye satta akasecara
    As far as the highest plane of existence to as far down as the lowest plane in the entire universe whatever beings that move in air

    abyapajjha nivera ca nidukha ca nupaddava may they be free from mental suffering & enmity and from physical suffering and danger

    May You Be Well & Happy

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