SUBLIME STATE

OF FRIENDLINESS

"Creatures without feet have my love,

And likewise those that have two feet,

And those that have four feet I love,

And those, too, that have many feet.

May those without feet harm me not,

And those with two feet cause no hurt;

May those with four feet harm me not,

Nor those who many feet possess.

Let creatures all,

all things that live,

All beings of whatever kind,

See nothing that will bode them ill!

May naught of evil come to them!"

Translated from the Culla-Vagga (v. 6.)