Describing the Relationship Between Metta, Compassion, Sympathetic Joy, and Equanimity.

Deep Welcome, Reflections on Retreat and Metta Practice

How does loving-kindness infuse every dimension of the path? Drawing from a sweat-drenched pilgrimage around Shikoku's 88 temples, Devon explores metta not as a single technique but as a way of life woven through the Eightfold Path — from wise intention and ethical attunement, through generosity and letting go, to the boundless radiance of the brahmaviharas. Along the way, we discover how metta practice can open into concentration, healing, and even emptiness itself, and how the original instructions invite us simply to fill our bodies and the whole world with a field of care.

Die Metta Sutta aus der Sutta Nipata wird gelesen und besprochen. Die Entwicklung von Liebender Güte führt danach zum höchsten Ziel, der Überwindung des Ich-Glaubens.

Includes metta for self, metta for sangha, and metta for the 6 directions

Mettā is also a verb which means that one must manifest and embody kindness and friendliness in all of one’s bodily and verbal actions.

The cultivation of metta for a dear person seems easy. However, one must watch out for the ‘hidden’ defilements of either attachment & lust or worry & grief. Hand out as many Metta Candies as possible.

The benefits of pure metta are manifold. Even a short moment of metta is more powerful than a big offering of food. Do not dismiss small acts of kindness.

Practicing the 4 protective meditation namely- Reflection on the qualities of the Buddha or Dhamma or Sangha; Reflection on metta, reflection of body parts (visible ones); reflection on death causes and protect us from: Doubt, Attachment, Aversion, Laziness, respectively.