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"The Pali word metta is a multi-significant term meaning loving-kindness, friendliness, goodwill, benevolence, fellowship, amity, concord, inoffensiveness and non-violence. The Pali commentators define metta as the strong wish for the welfare and happiness of others (parahita-parasukha-kamana). Essentially metta is an altruistic attitude of love and friendliness as distinguished from mere amiability based on self-interest. Through metta one refuses to be offensive and renounces bitterness, resentment and animosity of every kind, developing instead a mind of friendliness, accommodativeness and benevolence which seeks the well-being and happiness of others. True metta is devoid of self-interest. It evokes within a warm-hearted feeling of fellowship, sympathy and love, which grows boundless with practice and overcomes all social, religious, racial, political and economic barriers. Metta is indeed a universal, unselfish and all-embracing love."
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I would respect this from Mahayana.
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one of the saddest days of my life was when a boss "corrected" me when i spoke of people acting altruistically. he said, "yes people do nice things but the underlying cause is so they feel good about themselves. it's rooted in self_interest." when i said that not everyone sees it that way it was soon reexplained to me by another coworker.
metta is the only way all_puzzle_peace_is_fitogether.
i've taken the niceness stemming from self_interest and inversed it. now i see it like_whatever, "i don't even like you but uhh, kindness still makes the most sense."
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http://www.tricycle.com/blog/may-all-beings-be-happy
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i do believe that this is prayer. to surrender yourself to the order of the universe and hope that we all become aligned to the good in our lives.
there was also a cover story in the fall 2014 issue of buddhadharma magazine entitled 'why do buddhists pray?' i think the new website is lionsroar.com . check it out
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To the snowflakes and the deplorables,
To the conservatives and the progressives,
To the religious and the skeptical,
To the natives and the immigrants,
To the pro-choice and the pro-life,
To the homosexuals and the heterosexuals,
To the feminists and the chauvinists,
To the 1%ers and the 99%ers,
To the extremists and the moderates,
To the awake and the asleep:
May you be happy.
May you be healthy.
May you know love.
May you know peace.
May you be free from sorrow.
May you be free from suffering.
May you never hunger.
May you never thirst.
Mitakuye oyasin. May we each be a good example for future humans to emulate. Namaste and blessed be.
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may i be safe
may i be peaceful
may i be healthy
may i be at ease
may you be safe
may you be peaceful
may you be healthy
may you be at ease
may we be safe
may we be peaceful
may we be healthy
may we be at ease
may all beings be safe
may all beings be peaceful
may all beings be healthy
may all beings be at ease
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the laser of my heart focus like the laser that gave him back his sight
calcified
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the laser of my heart focus like the water that chips away at the foundation of the wall that i builds around my heart
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i used to feel wrong for crying during meditation especially loving kindness meditation
now i just sit through it like medicine
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what's it to you?
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