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Practice of Buddhist Wisdom and loving Kindness

In the Karaniya Metta Sutta, Buddha has indicated many ways of leading a
happy and contented life here on earth and also hereafter which ultimately leads to the
eradication of all suffering.
Kareniya Metta Sutta

To achieve this happiness one has to be
1. Clever, efficient, able - sakko
2. Upright in Conduct, Safeguarding the Precepts by abstaining for example
from Killing, Stealing, Sexual Misconduct, Lying, Partaking of Intoxicants,
etc. - uju
3. Extremely Honest - suju
4. Willing to listen to the Good and the Noble - suvaca
5. Very mild and flexible - mudu
6. Humble and not be proud and conceited and self-opinionated - anatimani
7. Happy and satisfied with whatever one has - santussa
8. Easy to manage, with only a few wants and undemanding - subhara
9. Not over loaded with work, have some leisure - appa kicca
10. Relaxed and not over taxed having an enjoyable profession -
sallahuka-vutti
11. Able to restrain the Senses of Eye, Ear, Nose, Tongue, Touch and Mind and
also the Sensory Stimuli of sights, sounds, smells, tastes and bodily touch.
These sensations should not bring up emotions of anger or attachment. When
the outside world brings pleasant sensations, one must be restrained and not
get carried away by greed and attachment. Likewise, when unpleasant
sensations arise one has to be restrained and not become angry and resentful.
santindriya

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Through Mindfulness and Wisdom, one must learn to control ones emotions.
nipaka

Mindfulness of being in the Present needs training in Vipassana Meditation,
where one learns the art of Letting Go. Stop proliferating thoughts and memories of
the past or hopes for the future, which are just imaginary processes, without any
prejudice, fear or favour. Being ever mindful of the present moment brings Wisdom as
follows:
1. Knowing the changing nature of the mind, body and environment
Impermanence anicca
2. Understanding the Pain and Suffering of the mind and body. dukkha
3. Knowing the Causal conditions that are necessary for the maintenance of the
Body and mind and understanding the utter lack of ownership in terms
of Me, I and Mine - Non Self anatta

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These three factors when seen again and again, develops true wisdom and helps
in the restraining of the Senses. In this way the greed for pleasant sensations and
anger towards unpleasant sensations can be controlled and restrained.

Seeing the actions and reactions Karma and Vipaka also helps to restrain the
senses. To control the senses, one has to
1. Be refined in behaviour, not coarse and vulgar appa gabbho
2. Be without any notions of family, clan, caste etc.- kulesu ananu giddho
3. Be heedful to the advice of good and noble ones and try to redeem ones bad
behaviour accordingly by listening to the Dhamma and following religious
ethics vinnu pare upavadeyyum
4. Wish that all beings be well and happy and that they may forgive others and
forgive themselves sukhinova khemino
5. Spread Loving Kindness to all beings without any exception sabbe satta
bhavantu sukhi tatta
6. Whatever living beings there may be Ye keci pana bhu tatti
7. Wish that all living beings in the universe, all those who live in fear, and the
fearless, ones with long bodies or short, the huge ones, the middle sized or
the minute ones, those that can be seen and the unseen, those living far and
near, those born and unborn be well and happy. tasa va thavara va anava
sesa dighava ye mahanta va majjhima rassa kanuka thula dittha va ye ca
addittha yeca dure vasanti avidure bhuta va sambhave siva
8. Wish that all beings may never deceive one another na paro param
nikubbetha
9. Wish that they never speak highly of themselves and disparage others nati
mannetha kaththaci nam kanci
10. Not show signs of anger by facial expressions or bodily gestures
bhayarosana patigha sanna
11. Never give pain and suffering to one another nanna mannassa dukkha
miccheyya
12. Just as a mother with an only child would protect it at the risk of her own life,
so must we protect the lives of all living beings mata yathaniyam puttam
ayusa eka putta manu rakkhe
13. Even so towards all beings evampi sabba bhutesu
14. Let him cultivate boundless mind Mansam bhavaye aparimanam
15. Give loving kindness to all living beings mettanea sabba lokasmin
16. Above, below and around, may all living beings be free from pain and
suffering, from anger and hatred and enmity uddham adho ca tiriyanca
assambhadam averam asapatam (mediatation)
17. Wish that all living beings be well and happy Sabbe satta bhavantu
sukhitatta
18. Standing, sitting, walking, lying down and even until falling asleep, may all
beings practice this meditation on loving kindness with determination
tittham, caram, nisinnova sayanova yavatassa vigata middho
19. He should develop this mindfulness Etam satin adhiteyya
20. This indeed is the practice of the Great Brahma brahma metam viharam
21. Free from wrong view, virtuous, keeping precepts, practicing Vipassana
Meditation, seeing impermanence pain and non self, giving up sensual
pleasure such a being would never sleep in a mothers womb again since he
would be an enlightened one ditthinca anupa gamma silava dassanena
sampanno kamesu vineyya gedham nahi jatu gabba seyyam punarettiti.

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From the speech delivered by Bhikkhuni Kusuma at the Elijah Interfaith Conference
of Religious Leaders of the World held from May 5 to 8 in Munich in Germany.
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