ease † (for jj) this is what may be done to rest in ease and live all paths in peace : be able and upright forthright and honest humble and not conceited contented, easy to laugh carry duty, lightly : all acts, gently peaceful and calm, skillful and wise be not deceitful or demanding do nothing wisdom would later reprove may all beings be at ease ~ sarve bhavantu sukhinah sarve santu niramayah lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu †† may all beings be at ease ~ in joy and in safety may all beings abide and may all be free of all suffering significant or slight seen or unseen whether near or far born or yet to be free of hatred and ill-will seeing, speaking, hearing, listening : always with clear attention sustain these recollections may all beings be at peace ~ sarve bhavantu sukhinah sarve santu niramayah lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu may all beings be at ease may all beings be at peace ~ as mothers hold infants each new, small, precious life let us care for one another free of confusion, grief, or strife not above the world but in it not untouched and not apart embody love so vast it reaches every place in every heart radiating through darkness reflecting in every sky permeating earth and water flowing in endless supply ~ sarve bhavantu sukhinah sarve santu niramayah sarve bhadrani pashyantu ma kashchid-duhkha-bhag-bhavet lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu standing, walking, rising, waking : may all beings be at ease ~ free of hatred, free of fear free of clinging, only being : now and here inward seeing, outward showing unbounded love : love forever without end lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu may all beings be at ease rjh 26may2026 🙏 . namasté . 🙏 ~ † adapted from "Karaniya Metta Sutta: The Buddha's Words on Loving-Kindness" translated from Pali by The Amaravati Sangha original text : http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/snp/snp.1.08.amar.html †† lokah samastah sukhino bhavantu (लोकाः समस्ताः सुखिनो भवन्तु) is a sanskrit mantra for universal peace and well-being : with shanti intent (peace invocation) from the taittiriya upanishad, it embodies the principle of vasudhaiva kutumbakam : the world is one family. 🙏 illustration : "fields with no horizon" : rendered by chat-gpt 5.5 orchestration by chat-gpt 5.5
