How to Practice Metta Meditation:
Metta meditation was one of the three types of meditation that the Buddha taught. Metta is practiced to share merit and good fortune with all other sentient beings. It is best practiced for a short time after you have just finished mediating. Below is a guide to how you could practice metta:
Ensure you are calm, relaxed and if you have just sat for meditation, just rest for a few minutes and ensure you have no physical pains in your body and your mind is calm.
With your eyes and mouth gently closed, start to observe your breathing.
As your are observing your breathing then start to think slowly and calmly in your mind the following thoughts with kindness:
May I be truly happy, truly peaceful, truly liberated, (repeat this three times),
May my teachers and preceptors be truly happy, truly peaceful, truly liberated, (repeat this three times),
May my mother and father be truly happy, truly peaceful, truly liberated, (repeat this three times),
May my friends, family, relatives and enemies be truly happy, truly peaceful, truly liberated, (repeat this three times),
May all beings, big or small, human or non human, near or far, dead or alive, of this world or another, of the ten directions be truly happy, truly peaceful, truly liberated, (repeat this three times),
Hope this helps
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