Loving Kindness Prayer

How to use your strand in practice:

Always starting from the same end:

1. Hold the first stone as you pray for yourself to be well, and happy and free from fear.
2. Hold the second stone as you pray for a dear one to be well, and happy and free from fear.
3. Hold the third stone as you pray for someone you don’t know to be well and happy and free from fear
4. Hold the fourth stone as you pray for someone you are angry with or hate to be well and happy and free from fear

Here is a beautiful rendition of the Loving Kindness Prayer

by John Garrie Roshi

Peace to all Beings

Peace to all beings

may all beings be well and happy
and free from fear

peace to all beings

whether near or far
whether known or unknown
visible or invisible
real or imaginery
born or yet to be born

may all beings be well and happy
and free from fear

peace to all beings

within and beyond the imagination
in the world of ideas
in the world of memories
and in the world of dreams

may all beings be well and happy
and free from fear

peace in all elements
of earth and air and fire and water
fulfilled in space

peace

peace in all universes
from the smallest cells in the body
to the greatest galaxies in space
peace and light rising

peace and love and comfort and ease
to all in need
may they be well and happy
and free from fear

If you are interested you can find a wonderful collection of CD’s at Sounds True of Sharon Saltzberg talking about how she has experienced the practice and how to develop it.