The 4 Divine Dwellings
are infinite and thereby produce
Gods!
Contemplation of
infinitely friendly Loving-Kindness (Mettā)
Having seen that like oneself
all beings whatsoever search only for happiness, patiently then cultivate
friendly loving-kindness for all beings like this:
May I always be happy.
May I always be free from suffering.
May all my friends always be happy, and
always be free from suffering.
May all neutral beings always be happy, and always be free from suffering.
May
all my enemies always be happy, and always be free from suffering too!
Within this town, this country, this
continent, this planet, all the galaxies, may all sentient beings, all persons,
all creatures, and all breathing things, be happy, free, joyous, content, and peaceful in their various destinies.
Whatever living beings there may be, men,
women, Nobles, or ordinary, animals, devas, or any unhappy ones,
who lives in one of the ten directions, whether weak or strong, long or large, short or small, far or near,
seen
or unseen, in existence or seeking to become this or that, with no exceptions:
May all being's be blissful!
May I be free from enmity!
May I be free from distress! May I be free from misery!
May I live happily!
Whatever beings there are: May they be free from enmity! May they be free from distress!
Whatever beings there are: May they be free from misery! May they live happily!
May all beings … all breathing things … all creatures … all persons …
all living entities … women … men …
all the Noble Ones … those not Noble …
devas … humans … beings in the realms of deprivation,
in the hells
in the east …
west … north … south … above … as below … and all around be free from enmity,
be without pain,
be free from all distress,
be free from all misery, and all suffering, and thereby live fully, and happily! Yeah
:-)
The Four Divine
Abidings (Brahmavihāra)are:
I: Loving-kindness
(Mettā):
Whatever beings
there are: May they be happy.
Whatever beings there
are: May they be free from enmity..
Whatever beings
there are: May they be free from frustration...
II: Compassionate Pity (Karunā):
Whatever beings there are: May they be free from all
pain and all suffering!
III: Mutual
Joy with other's
success (Muditā):
Whatever beings there are: May they enjoy success, richness,
health, fame and respect!
IV:
Equanimity (Upekkhā):
Whatever beings there are: they are
all owners of their kamma,
inherit their kamma,
they are born of their kamma, related to their kamma, abide supported by their kamma;
whatever kamma they do, whether good or evil, the effect of that will be the theirs only...
Video
on Mettā Meditation on Friendliness:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz0nE1wRWQY
More on Divine
Dwelling (Brahmavihāra)
= The 4 Infinite States:
Higher_Release,
Universal_Friendliness,
Endless_Pity,
Mutual_Joy,
Infinite_and_Divine_Classic,
Unsurpassable_Radiance,
Safe_Medicine,
The-Effective_Saw,
Blazing_Goodwill,
Unbounded_Mind...
Source: BPS
Wheel no 54 (Edited
Excerpt):
The Mirror of the Dhamma. A Manual of
Buddhist
Devotional Texts.
By Nārada Thera and Bhikkhu Kassapa. Revised By
Bhikkhu Khantipālo:
https://What-Buddha-Said.net/library/Wheels/wh054.pdf
