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2026-09-09 The Atmosphere of Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:03
Oren Jay Sofer
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An introduction to the Brahma Vihāras and to metta as the atmosphere of practice — exploring how kindness gathers us, heals the places where the heart has closed, and liberates.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Steadying the Heart: Refuge through the Four Sublime States

2026-08-30 The Transformative Power of Metta 24:32
Ayya Anandabodhi
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In a Sunday Dhamma talk at Parayana Vihara, Ayya Anandabodhi talks about the power of metta (loving-kindness) to transform difficulties and heal relationships.
Parayana Vihara

2026-08-28 Metta for a Friend 40:24
Devon Hase
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Teachings and Guided Meditation on Metta for a Friend
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Your Life Is Your Practice: Insight Meditation Retreat – 26NL

2026-08-28 Talk and Guided Practices: Dissolving the Sense of Self (and Other) into Mettā 1:22:52
Yahel Avigur
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The Buddha suggests that the practice of mettā and the other brahmavihāras can serve as a basis for refined perceptions, in which the solidity of “self” and “other” begins to dissolve. In this sequence of reflections and guided meditations, we begin to explore and experiment with such possibilities.
Vrážné Zen Center :  Heart of Mettā

2026-08-27 Like the River Flows: Anattā, Impermanence, and the Freedom of no Fixed Address 47:53
Devon Hase
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A dharma talk exploring anattā through the five aggregates and the Anattālakkhaṇa Sutta, alongside Anāthapiṇḍika's deathbed teaching from Sāriputta. Weaves impermanence and death contemplation together with not-self - drawing on Thanissaro Bhikkhu's pragmatic (not metaphysical) framing of not-self - and closes with mettā as the natural fruit of a loosened, undefended heart.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Your Life Is Your Practice: Insight Meditation Retreat – 26NL

2026-08-27 Guided Practice: Mettā and Insight 42:23
Yahel Avigur
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In this guided practice, we integrate mettā with practices of letting go through sensitivity to change and the direct relaxation of reactivity.
Vrážné Zen Center :  Heart of Mettā

2026-08-27 Talk: Insight and Mettā 69:30
Yahel Avigur
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In the insight teachings, the Buddha offers radical ways of reducing suffering by relaxing the perceptions that give rise to and sustain it. Bringing these perspectives together with mettā practice offers a powerful complementarity, allowing both insight and loving-kindness to deepen and support one another.
Vrážné Zen Center :  Heart of Mettā

2026-08-27 Instructions: Mettā Towards a Person We Find Challenging 51:55
Yahel Avigur
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For the sake of our well-being and happiness, we are invited to soften ill will in ways that feel helpful and attuned to our experience.
Vrážné Zen Center :  Heart of Mettā

2026-08-26 Reflections and Guided Meditation: The Aspiration of a Bodhisattva; Radiating Goodwill Through Space 42:50
Yahel Avigur
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The Buddhist path invites us to cultivate a profound and empowering aspiration: to dedicate our hearts and bodies to the benefit of all beings. Following a reflection on this aspiration, we open our sensitivity to space and invite mettă to radiate through it, in all directions.
Vrážné Zen Center :  Heart of Mettā

2026-08-26 Third Instructions: Mettā Towards a Neutral Person 60:09
Yahel Avigur
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Cultivating kindness towards people we don’t know allows our mettā to become more all-encompassing, so that it can become a genuine foundation for our hearts and lives. Along the way, we reflect on what we all share as human beings, allowing this understanding to shape our perception and soften some of the fabricated and often unhelpful lines of separation between ourselves and others.
Vrážné Zen Center :  Heart of Mettā

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