Developing lovingkindness takes patience and the willingness to begin again - to choose again and again the intention towards kindness.

How to recognize and not be caught by the contracting heart and the forces which diminish metta.

Dhamma Reflection from the daylong - Listening to Natural Law - on July 16, 2016. Followed by a Q&A with Ayya Anandabodhi and Ayya Santacitta.

G.R.A.C.E. as an acronym for practice; benefits of metta from the suttas and scientific studies; contemplative and universal aspirations for practicing loving-kindness.

Loving-kindness practice can be used to unify the heart and mind in deep contentment. To develop this unity we need to ripen the five jhana (absorption) factors.

Metta is a powerful tool to work with the tendency to be judgemental or harsh with ourselves and others.

From immediate and personal to vast and all inclusive, immeasurable, boundless; how we enable this growth in our practice.

After an intensive Metta (loving-kindness) retreat we get the great opportunity to take our practice home. In our daily lives the practice of metta supports sila (harmlessness) and dana (generosity).