Metta, other than metta sutta

[mikenz66]

Hi @Iwanttonibbana

In this post I gave a link to some discussion of metre (rhythm) by Ānandajoti Bhikkhu

The 717 Chanting Book

The grammatical analysis is great. But learning to chant these suttas has also got me interested in the metre. This, of course, one eventually absorbs by repetition, but it is interesting to understand how it works. Ānandajoti Bhikkhu has a book: An Outline of the Metres in the Pāḷi Canon https://www.ancient-buddhist-texts.net/Textual-Studies/Outline/index.htm There he has a detailed analysis of the Mangalasutta with light (v) and heavy (-) syllables indicated [I’ve subsituted a “v” here, t…

He may have some of the discussion you are asking for.