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Dharma Talks
2023-03-10 Guided Meditation - Muditā 42:04
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Awakening the Heart

2023-03-10 Instructions - Muditā 59:46
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Awakening the Heart

2023-02-26 Mudita 1:11:14
Pascal Auclair
True North Insight En chemin vers la joie

2023-02-17 Mudita Practice 54:27
James Baraz
Learning to delight in the happiness of others.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2023-01-15 Day 5 Brahmavihara Practices: Mudita Appreciative Joy (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 32:02
Beth Sternlieb
Gratitude and Joy nourish us on the Path.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta Retreat: Cultivating the Wise, Awakened, and Responsive Heart

2023-01-05 Mudita Practice - reflections and a guided exercise 41:45
Akincano Marc Weber
Mudita as resonance.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2022-12-29 Guided Mudita Meditation 42:49
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House New Year Dana Retreat

2022-12-16 Acting for justice and the bhikkhunī ordinations of 2009 1:33:40
Bhante Sujato
Guided meditation on muditā. Dhamma talk on how to act for justice, with reference to senior male monastics' roles in bhikkhunī ordinations of 2009.
Lokanta Vihara

2022-11-11 Meditation, Dhamma talk on Muditā 1:17:21
Bhante Sujato
Meditation: Meditation on thoughts and desire. Dhamma talk on Muditā.
Lokanta Vihara

2022-10-28 Muditā - Wertschätzende Freude 62:31
Yuka Nakamura
Muditā ist das dritte der vier Brahmavihāras, der himmlischen Verweilzustände. Sie ist die Fähigkeit, sich über das, was heilsam und gut ist zu freuen und es wertzuschätzen - bei sich selbst und bei anderen. Muditā hilft dem Geist, angesichts von Leiden und Herausforderungen im Gleichgewicht zu bleiben. Welche Faktoren stehen der Freude im Weg und wie können wir sie bewusst kultivieren?
Pauenhof Center

2022-10-07 Mitgefühl, Mitfreude und Gleichmut 47:12
Renate Seifarth
Die drei Brahmavihara Karuna (Mitgefühl), Mudita (Mitfreude) und Upekkha (Gleichmut). Um welche Haltungen geht es hierbei, welche Hindernisse gilt es zu überwinden und wie können wir sie entwickeln.
Waldhaus am Laacher See :  Metta

2022-09-19 Relating Wisely with the Hindrances - Week 2 - Mudita 60:07
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Buddhist Studies: Relating Wisely with the Hindrances

2022-09-15 Guided Meditation - Mudita - Appreciation 41:56
Nathan Glyde
Gaia House Living with Illness and Loss

2022-08-25 Meditation Instructions 5: Muditā 58:56
Nathan Glyde
SanghaSeva The Heart Unbound

2022-08-24 Taking Joy, & Appreciating It To Give Back More 46:48
Nathan Glyde
Exploring the teaching of Muditā
SanghaSeva The Heart Unbound

2022-08-22 The BramaViharas--Mudita / Empathetic Joy 56:02
Tina Rasmussen
Insight Meditation Tucson

2022-08-03 Mudita: Sympathetic Joy 40:43
George Mumford
Cambridge Insight Meditation Center

2022-07-13 Mudita: reflections and guided meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 27:04
Kristina Bare
Inviting the heart into experiencing of abundance
Spirit Rock Meditation Center July Lovingkindness Retreat

2022-05-22 02 meditation: cultivating gratitude 22:23
Jill Shepherd
Orienting the heart-mind towards gratitude as a support for muditā, appreciative joy
Auckland Insight Meditation 2022 Vesak celebration for Auckland Insight

2022-04-27 Guided mudita meditation. 44:19
Ayya Anandabodhi
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Therīgāthā – Awakening Verses of the Early Buddhist Nuns: Monastic Retreat

2022-04-07 Guided Meditation: Joy 61:10
Oren Jay Sofer
A guided meditation beginning with a reflection on gratitude, opening to joy, and then cultivating Mudita - joy in the happiness of others.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Steadying the Heart: Refuge through the Four Sublime States

2022-03-18 Sīla, Mettā meditation, Q+A 1:22:34
Bhante Sujato
From Harris Park. Sīla - a life in the Dhamma as foundation for meditation. Mettā meditation guided by Bhante Sujato. Q+A: gratitude as an aspect of mudita. The role of mettā when dealing with trauma.
Lokanta Vihara

2022-03-17 Sharing the Happiness of Others (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 61:31
Winnie Nazarko
We can train the mind to recognize and rejoice in the happiness of others, experiencing happiness ourselves. But to be able to do this, we need to confront human tendencies to compare ourselves to others, and sometimes strong resistance. This talk discusses the beautiful quality of Mudita (Empathetic Joy), and how we can develop it.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2022-02-15 Mudita Practice 48:27
James Baraz
Mudita for a friend who is having great happiness, self, benefactor, and neutral categories
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-02-02 Week 4 - Guided Meditation 47:14
Kirsten Kratz
Aspects of Mudita
Gaia House Transforming Self - Transforming World (online series)

2022-02-02 Week4 - Exploring Appreciative Joy - Mudita 1:35:41
Kirsten Kratz
Instructions and Meditation
Gaia House Transforming Self - Transforming World (online series)

2022-01-30 Guided Mudita Meditation 43:39
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House Lingering in Happiness

2022-01-18 14 instructions: muditā 8:10
Jill Shepherd
A short introduction to muditā as a support for skilful qualities of heart and mind
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre Deepening into stillness, opening to peace

2022-01-08 Appreciative Joy - Mudita: An Introduction and Guided Meditation 36:10
Brian Lesage
Mountain Hermitage Samadhi and Insight Online Meditation Retreat

2022-01-07 Guided Mudita, Appreciative Joy Practice 53:18
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Monthly Lovingkindness Practice Group

2022-01-07 Guided Mudita, Appreciative Joy Discussion 27:47
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Monthly Lovingkindness Practice Group

2022-01-06 32 meditation: mudita as appreciation for outer conditions and inner qualities 29:13
Jill Shepherd
Beginning by acknowledging what we can appreciate about the outer conditions of being on retreat, then orienting to the skilful inner qualities that have been strengthened, specifically the seven factors of awakening
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom

2022-01-06 31 instructions: mudita p2 6:57
Jill Shepherd
As the retreat comes to a close, noticing the tendency for the mind to go into future thinking, and come back to abiding in the skilful qualities that have been developed here, specifically mudita as a form of appreciation or gratitude
Sydney Insight Meditators :  Healing the heart, refining the mind, finding freedom

2021-11-19 Mudita - Appreciative Joy 45:44
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2021

2021-11-18 Guided Brahma Vihara Meditation 27:43
Caroline Jones
Using mindfulness as a basis for the cultivation of meta (loving kindness0, karuna (compassion), and mudita (appreciation)
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2021

2021-10-18 Muditā or gladness as a support for samādhi, unification of mind 24:10
Jill Shepherd
Part two of an exploration of samādhi, unification of mind, and how opening to gladness can support deeper calm and ease
Sydney Insight Meditators

2021-10-18 Monday Night Dharma Talk - Mudita and Uppekha (Joy and Equanimity) 60:21
Sally Armstrong
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2021-10-09 Brahmaviharā Mantra Chant 2:13
Ajahn Sucitto
Mettā, karuṇā, muditā, upekkhā...
Chicago Theosophical Society :  Brahmavihara Workshop

2021-07-15 talk: Wise Effort p2 - cultivating skilful mind-states 18:43
Jill Shepherd
Exploring appreciation and gratitude as aspects of mudita, to support the development of Wise Effort
Auckland Insight Meditation Living a life of mutual benefit: Exploring the Noble Eightfold Path

2021-07-11 Mudita practice 46:19
Sally Armstrong
The practice of Mudita or Appreciative Joy cultivates an open and joyful heart that naturally inclines towards connecting with what is uplifting and beautiful in others and in our own lives. It works to counteract the subtle or not-so-subtle tendency towards envy, which tells us that we are deficient in some way.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center "July Lovingkindness Retreat" with Tempel Smith, Bonnie Duran, MPH, DrPH, John Martin, Sally Armstrong, Marcy Reynolds and Kristina Baré, MFT, SEP

2021-06-07 Guided Appreciative Joy Meditation with Intro 42:31
Zohar Lavie
Muditā meditation
Gaia House Meeting Uncertainty with Wisdom and Courage: Perennial Teachings for a Changing World

2021-05-30 01 meditation: cultivating mudita as a foundation for the day's practice 15:25
Jill Shepherd
orienting to appreciation and gratitude as a foundation for this day of celebration
Auckland Insight Meditation one-day celebration of Vesak and the Auckland Insight community

2021-04-21 short meditation orienting to mudita, appreciation and gratitude 15:01
Jill Shepherd
Auckland Insight Meditation

2021-04-12 Joy (Mudita) 58:36
Jack Kornfield
"Live in joy, in love, even among those who hate. Live in joy, in health, even among the afflicted. Live in joy, in peace, even among the troubled. Look within, be still. Free from fear and attachment, know the sweet joy of the way." —The Buddha (Dhp 197-200, Byrom) From suffering, greed, hatred, and fear we can shift our whole identity and find well-being, release, & freedom. This is possible for us and those around us.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2021-04-12 Meditation: Joy (Mudita) | Monday Night 29:23
Jack Kornfield
Let yourself think of someone you care about. Picture them, remember them, see them in your mind's eye or hold them in your heart. Imagine their happiest moment as a child. Then begin to wish them well: "May you be joyful. May you remember that child of spirit that was born in you. May your joy increase. May the causes for happiness and joy grow stronger in your life." Then imagine this person wishing the same for you.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2021-04-12 Q and A: Joy (Mudita) | Monday Night talk 18:52
Jack Kornfield
Q and A from 04-12-2021 Monday Night
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2021-04-02 Mudita as appreciative joy and altruistic joy in our daily life. 41:06
Martine Batchelor
Gaia House Gaia House Spring Gathering - Celebrating Sangha

2021-04-02 Joy as the Path of Practice and its Fruition 47:00
Jessica Morey
Day 2: This talk explores the many kinds joy and happiness found within the Buddha's teachings of awakening and offers ways to nurture these. Cultivating gladness, happiness, piti and joy within our own heart-minds is a valuable support for the deepening of mudita, sympathetic joy.
Insight Meditation Retreats Steadying the Heart

2021-03-19 Continuing with Mudita Practice, Introducing Equanimity (Upekkha) Practice 62:42
Donald Rothberg
First, we consider further some of the qualities of mudita, how joy is central to the teachings of the Buddha, how the cultivation of joy is crucial for being able to address difficulties and painful situations, how joy can be understood as a deep expression of our fundamental nature, and how joy can be present even in the midst of difficulties. Then we explore the nature of equanimity, pointing to several of the qualities of equanimity, including balance, evenness, unshakability, undetstanding and wisdom, warmth, and responsiveness. We also examine some of the typical distortions of equanimity and importance of the interconnection of the four brahmavihara as one to avoid such distractions.
InsightLA :  Cultivating the Wise Heart on the Cushion and in the World: Practicing Mindfulness and the “Divine Abodes” (Lovingkindness, Compassion, Joy, Equanimity)

2021-03-18 Embracing Strong Emotions and Practices to Grow our Joy 64:36
Kaira Jewel Lingo
We begin with a 5-step process for caring for strong emotions and then look at ways to cultivate and strengthen the Brahmavihara of mudita or joy, also in relation to working with jealousy.
InsightLA :  Cultivating the Wise Heart on the Cushion and in the World: Practicing Mindfulness and the “Divine Abodes” (Lovingkindness, Compassion, Joy, Equanimity)

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