Metta (Loving-Kindness)

May all beings be happy.
May all beings be safe.
May all beings be healthy.
May all beings live with ease.

May I be happy.
May I be safe.
May I be healthy.
May I live with ease.

As a mother would risk her life
to protect her child, her only child,
even so should one cultivate
a limitless heart with regard to all beings.

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