Visuddhimagga IX-42

Tenāhu porāṇā –

所以古德说：

Ñ: Hence the Ancients said:

‘‘Attani hitamajjhatte, ahite ca catubbidhe;

Yadā passati nānattaṃ, hitacittova pāṇinaṃ.

‘‘Na nikāmalābhī mettāya, kusalīti pavuccati;

Yadā catasso sīmāyo, sambhinnā honti bhikkhuno.

‘‘Samaṃ pharati mettāya, sabbalokaṃ sadevakaṃ;

Mahāviseso purimena, yassa sīmā na ñāyatī’’ti.

若于自己、爱者、中立者、不爱者的四人中，

而对他们的生命利益之心有差别的时候，

不能说他是希求得慈及于慈善巧的人。

若破除四者的界限，

以慈心遍满一切天人世界而平等，

则大胜于前者而为不见有界限的比丘。

Ñ(IX,42): 'When he discriminates between

The four, that is himself, the dear,

The neutral, and the hostile one,

Then "skilled" is not the name he gets,

Nor "having amity at will",

But only "kindly towards beings".

'Now when a bhikkhu's barriers

Have all the four been broken down,

He treats with equal amity

The whole world with its deities;

Far more distinguished than the first

Is he who knows no barriers'.