Dear Friends,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The last track in the retreat recordings, Reflection on Universal Well-Being Chant<\/a>, is a traditional Buddhist chant, translated to English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Historically, teachings across many traditions were transmitted orally, and being able to chant the teachings in unison was a way to help the practitioners learn and memorize the teaching. You might have chants, hymns, or songs in your own personal traditions that you can bring to mind. Even if it’s just the lyrics to “Happy Birthday”, a beloved lullaby, or a gum commercial jingle…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are the words for this chant that Jill shared in the recording:<\/p>\n\n\n\n May I abide in well-being, May everyone abide in well-being, May all beings be released from all suffering, When they act upon intention, All actions with intention, What I like about knowing some chants is I can have one humming in the back of my mind as I go about my day. Personally, I’d rather have an earworm of the lovingkindness phrases instead of something about the flavor in some gum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some other songs and chants you might like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gosh, I could keep going, but I’ll stop there…<\/p>\n\n\n\n Do you have a favorite chant or song that inspires you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Melodically yours, Dear Friends, The last track in the retreat recordings, Reflection on Universal Well-Being Chant, is a traditional Buddhist chant, translated to English. Historically, teachings across many traditions were transmitted orally, and being able to chant the teachings in unison was a way to help the practitioners learn and memorize the teaching. You might have chants, hymns, or songs\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[302],"tags":[321,324,104,41,323],"class_list":["post-1384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jan-2022","tag-chanting","tag-eve-decker","tag-jill-shepherd","tag-metta","tag-resistance-revival-chorus"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1384"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1398,"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1384\/revisions\/1398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grzesina.net\/meditation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
In freedom from affliction,
In freedom from hostility,
In freedom from ill-will,
In freedom from anxiety,
And may I maintain well-being in myself.<\/p>
In freedom from hostility,
In freedom from ill-will,
In freedom from anxiety,
And may they maintain well-being in themselves.<\/p>
And may they not be parted from the good fortunes they have attained.<\/p>
All beings are owners of their action
And inherit its results.
Their future is born from such action,
Companion to such action,
And its result will be their home.<\/p>
Be they skillful or harmful,
Of such acts, they will be the heirs.<\/p>Amaravati Buddhist Monastery, Chanting Book \u00b7 Volume One<\/em>, page 41 (PDF page 50).
https:\/\/cdn.amaravati.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/30\/Chanting-Book-Vol-1-Web.pdf#page=50<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
http:\/\/alokavihara.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Metta-Song-from-Sarah.mp3<\/a><\/li>
https:\/\/youtu.be\/1TbDPwA09Bc<\/a><\/li>
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Andrea<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"