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A ritual for the New Year?
December 30th, 2017
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A ritual for the New Year?

Ye keci panabhut'atthi
tasa va thavara va anavasesa
dīgha va ye mahanta va
majjhima rassakanukathula
dittha va yeva adittha
ye ca dure vasanti avidure
bhuta va sambhavesi va,
sabbe satta bhavantu sukhitatta.

« Whatever living creatures there be,
without exception, weak or strong,
long, huge or middle-sized,
or short, minute or bulky,
whether visible or invisible,
and those living far or near,
the born and those seeking birth,
may all beings be happy! »

Karaṇīya Mettā Sutta (Sn 1.8)

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Image: the Great Buddha statue, at Kotoku-in temple in Kamakura, near Tokyo. © Kazuhiro Ibuki, Associated Press