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Retreat Dharma Talks
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Metta
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2012-01-06 (8 days)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center
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2012-01-08
Metta Practice as a Path of Awakening
60:08
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Donald Rothberg
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Metta practice is a training inclining toward the awakened heart. We explore several aspects of this training in terms of the development of a number of capacities, working through what blocks metta, and the integration of metta, mindfulness and wisdom.
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2012-01-09
Metta Concentration
58:22
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Heather Martin
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The skill of dropping more fully into the beautiful experience of these wishes, abiding within them, with deeper restfulness. It is through this kind of experience that pure compassion can arise.
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2012-01-10
Befriending the Difficult Person
57:11
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Heather Sundberg
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Exploring on the levels of mind-heart-body, including teachings on patience, equanimity, compassion and forgiveness. The talk reflects on befriending the 'difficult' person in metta practice, with the underlying intention of reminding us that we are all in this together; that befriending difficult people can be both workable and transformational and that there are practical tools available to assist us on our journey.
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