SV: Re: [Pali] love

--- Michael Zoll <mikemasatozoll@...> skrev:

> in the Metta Sutta
> the Buddha states, "Na paro para"m nikubbetha,
> naatima~n~netha katthaci na ka~nci, byaarosanaa
> pa.tighasa~n~na, naa~n~na-ma~n~nassa
> dukkha-miccheyya" ("Just as a mother would protect
> her only child at the risk of her own life, even so
> let him cultivate a boundless heart towards all
> beings" (translation by Ven. Sayadaw U
> Siilaananda)).

The Pali text cited is stanza 6; the translation is
stanza 7. So that translation is not a translation of
that text.

Gunnar