Digha Nikaya, Sutta 33, (Excerpt): Four Immeasurables
Four Immeasurables
Translated from Digha Nikaya III #33: Sangiti Suttanta
by
Michael Olds
Ol'Begga Ols with e's Ol'Begga's Bowl
Here friends,
a beggar lives suffusing the first quarter
with thoughts of friendliness;
and so also the second, third, and fourth quarters.
Thus he lives suffusing the world all-over,
all-through,
encompassing all,
above, below and across with thoughts of friendliness.
Thus he lives a suffusing
that is bountiful,
widespread,
immeasurable,
friendly,
without injury.
Ol'Begga Ols with e's Ol'Begga's Bowl
He lives suffusing the first quarter
with thoughts of sympathy;
and so also the second, third, and fourth quarters.
Thus he lives suffusing the world all-over,
all-through,
encompassing all,
above, below and across with thoughts of sympathy.
Thus he lives a suffusing
that is bountiful,
widespread,
immeasurable,
friendly,
without injury.
Ol'Begga Ols with e's Ol'Begga's Bowl
He lives suffusing the first quarter
with thoughts of empathy;
and so also the second, third, and fourth quarters.
Thus he lives suffusing the world all-over,
all-through,
encompassing all,
above, below and across with thoughts of empathy.
Thus he lives a suffusing
that is bountiful,
widespread,
immeasurable,
friendly,
without injury.
Ol'Begga Ols with e's Ol'Begga's Bowl
He lives suffusing the first quarter
with objectively detached thought;
and so also the second, third, and fourth quarters.
Thus he lives suffusing the world all-over,
all-through,
encompassing all,
above, below and across with objectively detached thought.
Thus he lives a suffusing
that is bountiful,
widespread,
immeasurable,
friendly,
without injury.
