A new age- Discourse on Love
September 23! I clocked a new age. First, I wrote a long piece on the lessons I had learned over the last year. However, I have decided not to share that but rather share one of the key principles of love that I picked up last year and have made my daily mantra and a guiding principle for my daily life. It has shaped my approach to life and has sharpened my desire to make the world a better, happier and more peaceful place. I hope you find these principles as useful as I have found them.
Thank you all for such lovely messages I received on my birthday and my lovely girlfriend and close friends for making the day special for me.
May all sentient beings be happy!
Discourse on Love
“He or she who wants to attain peace should practice being upright, humble, and capable of using loving speech. He or she will know how to live simply and happily, with senses calmed, without being covetous and carried away by the emotions of the majority. Let him or her not do anything that will be disapproved of by the wise ones. “And this is what he or she contemplates:
“May everyone be happy and safe, and may all hearts be filled with joy.
“May all beings live in security and in peace — beings who are frail or strong, tall or short, big or small, invisible or visible, near or faraway, already born, or yet to be born. May all of them dwell in perfect tranquillity.
“Let no one do harm to anyone. Let no one put the life of anyone in danger. Let no one, out of anger or ill will, wish anyone any harm.
“Just as a mother loves and protects her only child at the risk of her own life, cultivate boundless love to offer to all living beings in the entire cosmos.
“Let our boundless love pervade the whole universe, above, below, and across. Our love will know no obstacles. Our hearts will be absolutely free from hatred and enmity. Whether standing or walking, sitting or lying, as long as we are awake, we should maintain this mindfulness of love in our own heart. This is the noblest way of living.
“Free from wrong views, greed, and sensual desires, living in beauty and realizing Perfect Understanding, those who practice boundless love will certainly transcend birth and death.”
In conclusion, all living beings, whether weak or strong, tall, stout, average or short, seen or unseen, near or distant, born or to be born, may they all be happy.
