Every seed of true love will give – today, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow –
the fruit of love. ~Father Bruno Hussar
“With our love, we could save the world.” ~ George Harrison
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better to take things as they come along with patience and equanimity. Sometimes life brings you to such a pathetic situation that you feel smiling is far better than explaining why we are sad… ~Unknown
The hardest moment are not those when tears
flow from eyes. It’s when you have to hide
the tears in your eyes with a smile on your lips.
~Unknown
Every seed of true love will give – today, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow – the fruit of love. ~Father Bruno Hussar
“With our love, we could save the world.” ~ George Harrison
You carry Mother Earth within you,
She is not just outside of you.
Mother Earth is not just your environment.
~Thich Nhat Hanh
The hardest moment are not
those when tears flow from eyes.
It's when you have to hide the tears
in your eyes with a smile on your lips.
~Unknown
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Love is also defined in the Oxford Dictionary. According to it, love means warm affection, attachment, affectionate devotion, etc. These are synonymous terms for love and they all refer to sentimental worldly love. So, Metta has no full English equivalent. For this Metta is much more than ordinary affection or warm feelings. The Pali word Metta literally means “friendliness”, but also means love without a desire to possess but with desire to help, to sacrifice self-interest for the welfare and well being of humanity. Metta is with out any selection or exclusion. If you select a few good friends and exclude a bad person, then you have not got a perfect grasp of Metta. Indeed Metta is not only benevolent thought, but also performing charitable deeds, an active ministry for the good of one and all.
In the “Metta Sutta” the Buddha has chosen the love of a mother for her child as an example. Imagine a mother’s love when her child is hungry; she watches carefully to feed her child even be fore it asks her for food. When the child is in danger, she will risk her own life. So the Buddha taught us to love all beings as a mother loves her only child. If we can do this even to a small extent, the world will become happier and more peaceful place. In the Dighanikaya, it is said by the Buddha that almost every virtue such as unselfishness, loving sympathy and loving kindness is included in this “Metta”.
(Discourse on Loving-kindness)
Written by U Nandiya
Scene in Montpellier province, France
Metta is the highest need of the world today, indeed it is more needed than ever before. Because in this new world, there are sufficient materials, money and brilliant wise men and scientists. In spite of these, there is no peace and happiness. It shows that something is lacking, That is Metta.
What is the Buddhist idea of Metta? The Pali word “Metta” means “loving kindness”, not the ordinary, sensual, emotional, sentimental kind of love. Metta has been translated by modem translators into English as generous, mindful loving, loving kindness, sending out thoughts of love towards others” but according to the words of Buddha, Metta has a far wider significance, and a much more extensive implication than this. It means a great deal more than loving kindness harmlessness, sympathy.
(Discourse on Loving-kindness)
Written by U Nandiya
