This is what should be done <br />By one who is skilled in goodness, <br />And who knows the path of peace: <br />Let them be able and upright, <br />Straightforward and gentle in speech. <br />Humble and not conceited, <br />Contented and easily satisfied. <br />Unburdened with duties and frugal in their ways. <br />Peaceful and calm, and wise and skillful, <br />Not proud and demanding in nature. <br />Let them not do the slightest thing <br />That the wise would later reprove. <br />Wishing: In gladness and in saftey, <br />May all beings be at ease. <br />Whatever living beings there may be; <br />Whether they are weak or strong, omitting none, <br />The great or the mighty, medium, short or small, <br />The seen and the unseen, <br />Those living near and far away, <br />Those born and to-be-born, <br />May all beings be at ease! <br /> <br />Let none deceive another, <br />Or despise any being in any state. <br />Let none through anger or ill-will <br />Wish harm upon another. <br />Even as a mother protects with her life <br />Her child, her only child, <br />So with a boundless heart <br />Should one cherish all living beings: <br />Radiating kindness over the entire world <br />Spreading upwards to the skies, <br />And downwards to the depths; <br />Outwards and unbounded, <br />Freed from hatred and ill-will. <br />Whether standing or walking, seated or lying down <br />Free from drowsiness, <br />One should sustain this recollection. <br />This is said to be the sublime abiding. <br />By not holding to fixed views, <br />The pure-hearted one, having clarity of vision, <br />Being freed from all sense desires, <br />Is not born again into this world. <br /> <br />(Metta Sutta - Philosophy of Buddhism)<br /><br />Kolitha Lelwala<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/compassion-path-to-freedom/
