Daily Words of the Buddha for December 19, 2016

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Pāli Word a Day for December 19, 2016 — ābhāsa — light, radiance; appearance

Mettañca sabbalokasmi,
mānasaṃ bhāvaye aparimāṇaṃ:
Uddhaṃ adho ca tiriyañca,
asambādhaṃ averamasapattaṃ.

With good will for the entire cosmos,
cultivate a limitless heart:
Above, below, & all around,
unobstructed, without hostility or hate.

Sutta Nipāta 1.150
 Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

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