Karaniya Metta Sutta	Discourse on Loving-kindness (goodwill)
Karaniya mattha kusalena Yantam santam padam abhi-samecca Sakko uju ca suju ca Suvaco cassa mudu anatimani	One who is skilled doing good and who wishes to attain that state of calm (Nibbana) should act thus. One should be able, straight, upright, obedient, gentle and humble.
Santussako ca subharo ca Appa-kicco ca sallahuka-vutti Santindriyo ca nipako ca Appa-gabbho kulesu ananu giddho	One should be content, easy to support, with few duties, living lightly, controlled in senses, discreet, not impudent, and unattached to families.
Naca khuddham samacare kinci Yena vinnu pare upava-deyyum Sukhino va khemino hontu Sabbe satta bhavantu sukhi-tatta	One should not do any slight wrong for which the wise might censure one. May all beings be happy and secure. May all beings have happy minds.
Ye keci pana bhu-tatthi Tasava thavara va anava sesa Digha va ye mahanta va Majjhima-rassa-kanuka thula	Whatever living beings there may be, without exception, weak or strong, long, large, middling, short, subtle or gross,
Dittha va yeva addittha Ye ca dure vasanti avidure Bhuta va sambhavesi va Sabbe satta bhavantu sukhi-tatta	Those visible or invisible, dwelling near or far, born or coming to birth. May all beings have happy minds.
Na paro param nikubbetha Nati-mannetha katthaci nam kanci Byaro-sana patigha-sanna Nanna-mannassa dukkha-miccheyya	Let no one deceive another nor despise any person in any place. Neither in anger nor ill-will should anyone wish harm to another.
Mata yatha niyam puttam Ayusa eka-putta-manu rakkhe Evampi sabba bhutesu Manasam-bhavaye apari-manam	Just as a mother would risk her own life to protect her only child, even so, towards all living beings, one should cultivate a boundless heart.
Mettanca sabba lokasmin Manasam-bhavaye apari-manam Uddham adho ca tiriyanca Asam-badham averam asa-pattam	One should cultivate for all the world a heart of boundless loving-kindness, above, below, and all around, unobstructed, without hate or enmity.
Tittham caram nisinno va Sayano va yava tassa vigata middho Etam satim adhittheyya Brahma metam viharam idha-mahu	Whether standing, walking, sitting, lying down or whenever awake, one should develop this mindfulness. This is the highest conduct here.
Ditthinca anupa gamma silava Dassa-nena sampanno Kamesu vineyya gedham Nahi jatu gabbha seyyam punaretiti	Not falling into erroneous views, virtuous and endowed with vision, one discards attachment to sensuous pleasures and does not come again to birth in a womb.
Etena sacca vajjena Sotthi me hotu sabbada	By the firm determination of this truth May I ever be well.