by Hla Min
Updated : Aug 2025
Video Broadcast on January 10, 2021
Four Byamaso Taya
- Metta
Unbounded Love / Loving Kindness - Karuna
Compassion - Mudita
Altruistic Joy or Sympathetic Joy - Uppekkha
Equanimity
Metta
- Pali term
Written in Burmese as Myitta - Rendered as
Unbounded Love
Loving Kindness - One of the four Bhamaso Taya or Bhama Vihara (along with Karuna, Mudita, and Uppekha)
- Practiced as a form of meditation
- U Silananda‘s book on Protective Verses has a section on how to practice Loving Kindness Meditation.
- Tipitaka Mingun Sayadawgyi recited the Two Methods of sending Metta.
As mentioned in Metta Sutta
Alternative: 528 “Metta” (13 x 4 x 12)
They can be found on YouTube and CDs. - “Metta Sutta” is one of the eleven Suttas in “Paritta Pali” (Protective Verses).
Also known as Karaniya Metta Sutta
Chanted at most Buddhist ceremonies. - Myitta is covered along with Thitsar (Truth) in Dr. Min Tin Mon‘s book “Myitta and Thitsar“
- U Thu Kha wrote a book on Metta Sutta.
- U Jotalankara‘s book explains the 528 Metta.
- A Physics teacher said, “Myitta So Dar Ah Hlyar Ah Nan Ma Shee Bay Mei Ah Thwar Ah Pyan Shee Bar Thay Dae.”
- Metta is also used as a name or part of a name.
- Metta is a Myanmar comedian.
- Mettananda Vihara is a monastery in Northern California.
Moved from Central Avenue, Fremont to Castro Valley. - Metta Vihari is an association that performs Chanting, and also offers food dana at selected gatherings.
Practicing Metta
By Way of LOCATION:
- May I be well, happy and peaceful.
- May all beings in this house be well, happy and peaceful.
- May all beings in this area be well, happy and peaceful.
- May all beings in this city be well, happy and peaceful.
- May all beings in this country be well, happy and peaceful.
- May all beings in this world be well, happy and peaceful.
- May all beings in this universe be well, happy and peaceful.
- May all beings be well, happy and peaceful.
By Way of PERSONS:
- May I be well, happy and peaceful.
- May my teachers be well, happy and peaceful.
- May my parents be well, happy and peaceful.
- May my relatives be well, happy and peaceful.
- May my friends be well, happy and peaceful.
- May the indifferent persons be well, happy and peaceful.
- May the unfriendly persons be well, happy and peaceful.
- May all meditators be well, happy and peaceful.
- May all beings be well, happy and peaceful.
Metta Sutta
- Third sutta in “Paritta Pali”
- also referred to as Karaniya Metta Sutta
- Desirable qualities of a Practitioner
- Loving Kindness Meditation
- Formal
Translation from Pali into Burmese/Myanmar and English - Informal
Books by Saya U Thu Kha and Saya Dr. Mehm Tin Mon
Chanting
Two ways (as per Mingun Tipitaka Sayadawgyi)
- Referred in Metta Sutta
- 528 “Metta” (13 x 4 x 12)
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