One of my intention is to read the Loving Kindness chant every morning. My other intention is to continue from last year’s intention of sending loving kindness wishes to someone I have a difficulty with, but this year, start sending the wishes as soon as I feel a judgment or negative feeling coming up towards someone.
The metta sutta or LK chant.
This
is the work of those who are
skilled
and peaceful, who seek the good.
May
they
be able and upright,
Straightforward,
of gentle speech and not proud.
May
they be content
and
easily supported
Unburdened
–
with
their senses calmed.
May
they be wise,
not
arrogant, and without desire for the possessions of others.
May
they do nothing mean, or that the wise would later reprove.
Wishing:
May all beings be happy,
may
they live in safety and joy.
All
living beings, whether weak or strong, tall, stout, medium, or short,
seen and unseen, near and distant, born or
to-be-born
May
they all be happy!
Let
no one deceive another,
Or
despise any being in any state.
Let
none by
anger
or hatred,
Wish
harm to
another.
As
a mother watches over her child, to risk her own life to protect her
only child,
So with a boundless heart,
Should
one cherish all living beings;
Suffusing
the whole
world
with unobstructed loving-kindness:
Standing
or walking, sitting or lying down, through all one’s waking hours,
may one remain mindful of this heart, and this way of living, that is
the best in the world.
Unattached
to speculations,
views,
and sense desires, with clear vision, such a person will never be
reborn in the cycles of suffering again.
Sabe sata sukhi hontu. May all beings be happy.