Jamie Roberts uses three three chants in her “Chanting from the Heart” on February 10, 2024.
Chant 1: Karaniya Metta Sutta: The Buddha’s Words on Loving-kindness
This is what should be done
By one who is skilled in goodness,
And who knows the path of peace:
Let them be able and upright,
Straightforward and gentle in speech,
Humble and not conceited,
Contented and easily satisfied,
Unburdened with duties and frugal in their ways.
Peaceful and calm and wise and skillful,
Not proud or demanding in nature.
Let them not do the slightest thing
That the wise would later reprove.
Wishing: In gladness and in safety,
May all beings be at ease.
Whatever living beings there may be;
Whether they are weak or strong, omitting none,
The great or the mighty, medium, short or small,
The seen and the unseen,
Those living near and far away,
Those born and to-be-born —
May all beings be at ease!
Let none deceive another,
Or despise any being in any state.
Let none through anger or ill-will
Wish harm upon another.
Even as a mother protects with her life
Her child, her only child,
So with a boundless heart
Should one cherish all living beings;
Radiating kindness over the entire world:
Spreading upwards to the skies,
And downwards to the depths;
Outwards and unbounded,
Freed from hatred and ill-will.
Whether standing or walking, seated or lying down
Free from drowsiness,
One should sustain this recollection.
This is said to be the sublime abiding.
By not holding to fixed views,
The pure-hearted one, having clarity of vision,
Being freed from all sense desires,
Is not born again into this world.
Chant Two: The Metta Chant
Imāya dhammānu
Dhamma patipattiyā
Buddham pujemi
By this practice
In accord with the true dhamma
I honor the Buddha.
Imāya dhammānu
Dhamma patipattiyā
Dhammam pujemi
By this practice
In accord with the true dhamma
I honor the Dhamma.
Imāya dhammānu
Dhamma patipattiyā
Sangham pujemi
By this practice
In accord with the true dhamma
I honor the Sangha.
Aham avero homi
May I be free from enmity/danger;
Abyāpajjo homi
May I be free from mental suffering;
Anigho homi
May I be free from physical suffering;
Sukhī attanam, parihantu
May I take care of myself happily.
Mama mātā pitu
May my mother and father
Ācariyāca ñatimittaca
and teachers, relatives and friends
Sabrahma cārinoca
and fellow brahma farers
Averā hontu
be free from enmity
Abyāpajjā hontu
be free from mental suffering
Anighā hontu
be free from physical suffering
Sukhī attanam, pariharantu
take care of themselves happily
Imasmin ārāme, sabbe yogino
May all yogis in this grove,
Averā hontu
be free from enmity,
Abyāpajjā hontu
be free from mental suffering,
Anighā hontu
be free from physical suffering,
Sukhī attanam, pariharantu
take care of themselves happily.
Amhākam ārakkha, devatā
May our guardian deities,
Imasmin vihāre
In this temple,
Imasmin avāse
In this dwelling,
Imasmin ārāme
In this grove
Arakkha devatā
May the guardian deities
Averā hontu
be free from enmity,
Abyāpajjā hontu
be free from mental suffering,
Anighā hontu
be free from physical suffering,
Sukki attānam, pariharantu
take care of themselves happily.
Sabbe sattā
May all beings,
Sabbe pānā
all living things,
Sabbe bhutā
all creatures,
Sabbe puggalā
all individuals,
Sabbe attabhāve, pariyāpannā
all personalities,
Sabbā itthiyo
all females,
Sabbe purisā
all males,
Sabbe itthī/purisā
all both female & male
Sabbe anittha/purisā
All neither female nor male
Sabbe ariyā
all noble ones,
Sabbe anariyā
all who are not nobles,
Sabbe devā
all deities,
Sabbe manussā
all humans,
Sabbe vinipātikā
all those in unhappy states,
Averā hontu
be free from enmity;
Abyāpajjā hontu
be free from mental suffering;
Anighā hontu
be free from physical suffering;
Sukhī attanam, pariharantu
take care of themselves happily;
Dukkhā muccantu
may they be free from all suffering;
Yathā laddha sampattito
May all enjoy safety and abundance;
Māvigacchantu kammassakā
have kamma as their true property.
Idam no puñña bhāgam
May this merit of ours
Sabba sattanam bhajema
be apportioned to all beings.
Sadhu, sadhu, sadhu.
Well spoken…
Chant Three: Resting
Resting, resting deeply,
I return my life
To the one who listens deeply
To the sounds of the world