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2010-09-18 Metta Chant 3:36
Steve Armstrong
Santa Rosa :  Sacramento Insight Meditation

2010-08-18 Metta - Lovingkindness 1:19:21
Tara Brach
This talk explores what gets in the way of loving presence and the training that awakens and frees our hearts.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2010-08-15 The Practice of Compassion (Karuna) 1:15:25
Gina Sharpe
This is the fourth and final session of the "Metta and Compassion" daylong. It includes a guided karuna meditation, some explanation, question-and-answer with both Gina Sharpe and Sharon Salzberg, and closes with a sharing of the merit. This day focuses on the development of lovingkindness and compassion, both for ourselves and for others. These qualities of the heart diminish fear and isolation, and further our understanding of interconnectedness. Through meditation practice, dialogue, and discourse, we will explore these qualities together. Suitable for both beginning and more experienced meditators.
New York Insight Meditation Center Metta and Compassion with Sharon Salzberg and Gina Sharpe

2010-08-15 Introduction to Compassion (Karuna) 47:09
Gina Sharpe
This is the third talk in the "Metta and Compassion" daylong, in which Gina introduces the concept of compassion/karuna. This day focuses on the development of lovingkindness and compassion, both for ourselves and for others. These qualities of the heart diminish fear and isolation, and further our understanding of interconnectedness. Through meditation practice, dialogue, and discourse, we will explore these qualities together. Suitable for both beginning and more experienced meditators.
New York Insight Meditation Center Metta and Compassion with Sharon Salzberg and Gina Sharpe

2010-08-15 The Practice of Metta (Lovingkindness) 39:37
Sharon Salzberg
This is the second talk of the "Metta and Compassion" daylong, containing a dharma talk, a guided metta/lovingkindness meditation and a question-answer session. This day focuses on the development of lovingkindness and compassion, both for ourselves and for others. These qualities of the heart diminish fear and isolation, and further our understanding of interconnectedness. Through meditation practice, dialogue, and discourse, we will explore these qualities together. Suitable for both beginning and more experienced meditators.
New York Insight Meditation Center Metta and Compassion with Sharon Salzberg and Gina Sharpe

2010-08-15 Introduction to Metta and Compassion 34:16
Sharon Salzberg
This is first talk of the Metta and Compassion daylong, introducing lovingkindness (metta) and compassion (karuna). This day focuses on the development of lovingkindness and compassion, both for ourselves and for others. These qualities of the heart diminish fear and isolation, and further our understanding of interconnectedness. Through meditation practice, dialogue, and discourse, we will explore these qualities together. Suitable for both beginning and more experienced meditators.
New York Insight Meditation Center Metta and Compassion with Sharon Salzberg and Gina Sharpe

2010-08-10 Metta Instructions and Guided Meditation 5 47:57
Rob Burbea
Gaia House The Loving Kindness (Metta) Retreat

2010-08-09 Metta Meditation Guidance 61:49
Kamala Masters
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2010-08-09 Metta Instructions and Guided Meditation 4 47:25
Rob Burbea
Gaia House The Loving Kindness (Metta) Retreat

2010-08-09 Metta Instructions and Guided Meditation 3 44:04
Rob Burbea
Gaia House The Loving Kindness (Metta) Retreat

2010-08-08 Guided Metta with Q&A 60:07
Deborah Ratner Helzer
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2010-08-08 Heart Work 1:13:40
Rob Burbea
To really care for ourselves includes both learning to work skillfully with difficult emotions, and developing, deepening and refining the practice of metta, in meditation and in the world. This talk begins to explore both of these dimensions in some detail.
Gaia House The Loving Kindness (Metta) Retreat

2010-08-08 Metta Instructions and Guided Meditation 2 48:24
Rob Burbea
Gaia House The Loving Kindness (Metta) Retreat

2010-08-07 Metta Instructions and Guided Meditation 1 53:22
Rob Burbea
Gaia House The Loving Kindness (Metta) Retreat

2010-08-06 About Metta Practice 67:45
Rob Burbea
An overview and introduction to the practice of Loving Kindness, and some of the ways it works to bring healing and joy, true nourishment and inner resource, and ultimately transforms the very way we see life.
Gaia House The Loving Kindness (Metta) Retreat

2010-08-02 Karaniya Metta Sutta Chant 5:07
Jesse Maceo Vega-Frey
Chanting of the metta sutta
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2010-07-22 The Wisdom of Equanimity and Compassion 56:24
Sharda Rogell
When we see the world through the veil of our ego, our love flows in distorted and confused ways. Through mindfulness and metta and insight we can begin to understand these conditioned patterns and transform them into love and connection.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta Retreat

2010-07-21 Deepening Metta and Concentration 57:19
Sally Armstrong
Learning how to work skillfully with the pleasant experiences that arise from the development of metta and concentration is an important part of supporting the deepening of these practices.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta Retreat

2010-07-20 Awakening Joy and Mudita 59:04
James Baraz
How the metta practice awakens happiness and well-being, including the mudita practice of sympathetic joy.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta Retreat

2010-07-17 Dimensions of Metta 55:40
Sally Armstrong
The practice of metta is powerful and challenging because it works on so many levels - the personal, the relative and the transcendent. Opening to all these levels and being willing to work with whatever arises makes this practice deeply transformative.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta Retreat

2010-07-01 Speaking from the Heart-Metta and Speech Practice 53:04
Donald Rothberg
The Buddha spoke often of the centrality of speaking lovingly from the heart- "affectionately...with a mind of good-will". We explore the importance for speech practice of working directly with mind and heart, learning through metta practice to "lead" with our hearts. We also in the process touch more and more our radiant hearts, transforming what gets in the way of these hearts.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness, Wise Speech, and Compassionate Communication

2010-06-25 Three Ways To Do Metta 26:48
Chas DiCapua
Different approaches to doing the metta practice. Each can be used on it's own or in conjunction with one or both of the others.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Teen Retreat

2010-06-24 Path of Kindness 59:07
Mark Coleman
How do the practices of mindfulness and metta (loving kindness) work together - and the important of bringing a kind loving presence to working with difficulties and pain.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Meditation and Yoga

2010-06-19 17 Metta- pratica del perdono per altri e per se stessi-determinazione 67:13
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Associazione Pian dei Ciliegi :  Bhante Bodhidhamma ritiro vipassana giugno 2010

2010-06-14 Lovingkindness (Metta) - Talk 59:44
Mark Nunberg
Class on Metta
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-06-13 Q&A with both Ajahn Metta and Ajahn Sucitto 1:14:52
Ajahn Sucitto
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Holistic Awareness: Monastic

2010-06-11 Lovingkindness (Metta) - Meditation 35:18
Mark Nunberg
Guided Meditation
Common Ground Meditation Center

2010-06-11 05 med. di Metta 12:33
Bhante Bodhidhamma
Associazione Pian dei Ciliegi :  Bhante Bodhidhamma ritiro vipassana giugno 2010

2010-06-03 One Wishing to Attain that State of Peace Should Act Thus 1:13:13
Sayadaw Vivekananda
Fourteen qualities from Metta Sutta relevant to the development of the mind.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge June 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-05-27 Metta 19:10
Jason Murphy
Insight Santa Cruz

2010-05-25 Invocation to the Devas & The Karaniya Metta Sutta Chant 8:31
Greg Scharf
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge May 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-05-17 Metta Instructions 53:25
Trudy Goodman
Neutral Person
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Sacred Longing: The Transformation of Desire

2010-05-16 Metta Instructions 43:42
Gina Sharpe
Benefactor
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Sacred Longing: The Transformation of Desire

2010-05-15 Metta - Part 2 56:24
Greg Scharf
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge May 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-05-15 Metta Instructions 54:16
Gina Sharpe
Benefactor/Dear Friend
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Sacred Longing: The Transformation of Desire

2010-05-15 Befriending Yourself and Others 35:09
Lila Kate Wheeler
An early low key metta meditation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Sacred Longing: The Transformation of Desire

2010-05-13 Metta: The Web of Belonging 50:46
Nina Wise
As the mind stills, the heart opens. As the heart opens, we discover how we belong to this earth and live in a web of connection.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Natural Liberation Retreat

2010-05-08 Metta - Part 1 46:22
Greg Scharf
This talk discusses the cultivation of of Loving-kindness both for its own sake, and as a powerful support for the practice of liberation. Includes a detailed discussion of the near and far enemies of Metta, and how to work with them.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge May 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-05-06 Guided Metta Meditation 40:05
Amma Thanasanti
Exact date of talk is uncertain.
Shakti Vihara Four Foundations of Mindfulness

2010-04-27 Awareness as Love 59:31
Mark Coleman
How do the practices of mindfulness, metta and compassion weave together and support our journey in wholeness, healing and the end of suffering. This talk also relates how these practices support the work of psychotherapists and healers.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness Retreat for Therapists and Healing Professions

2010-04-23 Guided Metta Meditation 44:01
Pascal Auclair
Self, loved ones and difficult cases.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Power of Presence: Insight Meditation Retreat

2010-04-12 Guided Metta 1:14:40
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Hermitage

2010-04-11 Metta 66:22
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage Hermitage

2010-04-07 Deepening Our Practice II: Deepening in Three Domains of Our Life 58:42
Donald Rothberg
We build from last week's identification of four broad ways of deepening formal practice: 1) developing simplicity, focus and a sense of clear priorities in one's life; 2) developing a strong support structure in various ways; 3) cultivating, in practice, qualities like mindfulness, metta, wisdom etc.; 4) developing a wise and compassionate sense of the path. We explore what these also mean in two other domains- everyday life (work relationships, family, community, the flow of our days); and our service and action in the larger world.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-03-20 Guided Metta Meditation 43:12
Heather Martin
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March 2010 Month Long

2010-03-13 Immeasurable Abiding. 41:25
Kittisaro
Wisdom and compassion emerge from this one mind. Metta and its eleven attendant blessings. Guided meditation on radiancy of metta.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center The Mysterious Way of the Heart: Where Wisdom and Compassion Meet

2010-02-25 Metta 28:53
Mary Grace Orr
Insight Santa Cruz

2010-02-11 We Are Stardust 57:57
Lila Kate Wheeler
Mystery and the mechanics of metta - scientific basis for innate goodness and connection of all things.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat

2010-02-11 Metta Instructions - Expanding the field of metta to the neutral person. 60:10
Gina Sharpe
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat

2010-02-09 Transforming Hindrances Through Love 64:37
Mark Coleman
This talk explores the unity of mindfulness and metta and how we work with obstacles to meditation that arise doing metta (loving Kindness) practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat

2010-02-08 Training Attention: Metta 51:18
Sharon Salzberg
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat

2010-02-07 No Part Left Out 56:25
Sally Armstrong
As we deepen our practice of mindfulness, we are able to see our experience more directly and clearly. Metta practice helps to bring a kind, accepting attitude to this process, allowing us to open to some of the difficult emotional experiences that can arise in intensive retreat practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February 2010 Month Long

2010-01-14 "Lake" Metta Meditation 22:46
Mark Coleman
A guided visual metta meditation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat for Scientists & Educators

2010-01-14 Infusing Metta Into Daily Life 59:09
Mark Coleman
How do we bring love and compassion into our lives and relationships and what ares of our lives will benefit from the qualities of metta.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat for Scientists & Educators

2010-01-12 Everybody has to arrive safely 55:27
Sylvia Boorstein
Providing an overview of the Metta Sutta, demonstrating how it outlines the three foundations of practice: sila, samadhi and panna. Includes an explanation of concentration as the antidote of all afflictive emotions and includes stories of travel as examples of how everyone has to arrive safely.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta Retreat

2010-01-11 Part 1: The Arc of Metta Part 2: What Compassion Isn't 64:31
Heather Martin
Part 1: How differences in this practice work for different people. Part 2: Compassion is doing nothing more than tenderly holding whatever pain arises.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta Retreat

2010-01-09 What we're doing here 50:58
Trudy Goodman
Mettafying the hindrances to death! This is what should be done by one who is skilled in goodness. How we maintain the self through excluding our vulnerability. The protection of inclusion, no one left out.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta Retreat

2010-01-08 Mindful of the Climate of the Heart 26:51
Sylvia Boorstein
This introduction to a week of lovingkindness practice presents metta as a specific subset of mindfulness practice: paying attention to the presence or absence of good will in the mind. It includes an explanation of how the practice of continual blessing, “praying without ceasing” cultivates concentration of the mind. Concentration is presented as the antidote to all afflictive energies and the ground out of which our natural good will manifests.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta Retreat

2010-01-02 Metta-Karuna 39:33
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Brahma Vihara Retreat

2009-12-31 Metta as Mindfulness 42:10
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Brahma Vihara Retreat

2009-12-31 Metta-Kindness 45:21
Amma Thanasanti
Shakti Vihara Brahma Vihara Retreat

2009-11-19 Opening the Doors of the Heart 56:04
Mary Grace Orr
How can we open our hearts? This talk explores the practices of forgiveness and compassion, as well as that of gratitude. The Metta Sutta provides the background for this exploration.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation Retreat

2009-11-11 Kindness (Metta) , Joy (Mudita) and Equanimity (Upekkha) as Expressions of Wisdom 55:20
Mark Nunberg
Dharma Talk
Common Ground Meditation Center

2009-11-11 Guided Metta Meditation - Neutral and Difficult Person 45:52
Greg Scharf
A short introduction to working with the neutraland difficult person - Followed by a guided Metta meditation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Two-Month Retreat

2009-11-10 Ten Paramis: Metta (2) 58:50
Rodney Smith
To know love as stillness is to embrace the world unconditionally.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Ten Paramis

2009-11-04 What the Buddha Really Taught: The Metta Sutta 54:51
Sylvia Boorstein
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-11-03 The Secret Beauty of Hearts: Transformations Through Metta 62:34
Donald Rothberg
Transformation in practice, whether in mindfulness or metta practice, occurs through repetition, patience, understanding and faith, in a sometimes mysterious way. Using poems and stories, we explore the nature of lovingkindness (metta) and the kinds of transformation that occur as we practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Cultivating Clear Seeing, Opening the Heart

2009-10-27 Ten Paramis: Metta (1) 55:03
Rodney Smith
To love all beings we must love all aspects of our own mind and body experience.
Seattle Insight Meditation Society
In collection: The Ten Paramis

2009-10-27 Living with Freedom: the Practice of Letting Go 55:30
Larry Yang
Simplicity, Restraint and Renunciation as Metta/Lovingkindness Practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditaton

2009-10-13 Love and Kindness 57:28
Joseph Goldstein
Bring metta into the world
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Two-Month Retreat

2009-09-29 Guided Metta Meditation 56:43
Kamala Masters
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge September 2009 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2009-08-15 The practice and the pitfalls of metta, goodwill practice 32:28
Bhante Bodhidhamma
date estimated
Satipanya Retreat Centre

2009-08-10 Metta Practice - Introduction 65:35
Kamala Masters
Introduction to Metta practice - Self, Benefactor, Dear Friend
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2009-08-01 Metta: Digging A Good Trench In The Heart 54:49
Anushka Fernandopulle
Explains cultivating the heart of well-wishing and other heart practices.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2009-07-28 My Enemy, My Teacher 45:07
Winnie Nazarko
When we attempt to extend metta (loving-kindness) to difficult people, things get interesting. In order to expand our capacity to love, we must strengthen our motivation to do so and work with obstacles which may arise. Through reflecting on the value of metta in our families and communities, we find the courage to undertake this spiritual challenges. Includes guided meditation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Insight Meditation

2009-07-23 Metta in the context of spiritual practice. 57:31
Anushka Fernandopulle
Last talk after a week long metta retreat. Puts metta in context of other dharma teachings and mindfulness practice. Some suggestions of practicing metta in daily life.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta Retreat

2009-07-22 The Beautiful Qualities of Compassion and Equanimity 55:19
Sally Armstrong
The four Brahma Viharas are loving-kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity. The foundation practice is metta, or loving-kindness, which cultivates a friendly and kind attitude towards ourselves, others and all experiences. When this caring heart meets suffering, it naturally responds with compassion. But the last Brahma Vihara, equanimity, the quality of calm acceptance, is necessary keep the heart in balance and open to all the joys and sorrows of our lives.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta Retreat

2009-07-19 Navigating the Hindrance Terrain of Metta Practice 60:43
Kamala Masters
How to work with the hindrances in Metta practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta Retreat

2009-07-18 The Practice of Metta 48:58
Sally Armstrong
Metta, or loving-kindness, is the practice of cultivating a friendly and accepting attitude towards ourselves, our experience and all other beings. As we cultivate this quality through intensive practice, we can find that it can become our default response to life, rather than the conditioned habits of aversion, fear or grasping.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Metta Retreat

2009-07-16 On Metta 53:09
James Baraz
This talk is a version of the talk James will be giving at the upcoming Metta retreat at Spirit Rock.
Insight Meditation Community of Berkeley IMCB Regular Talks

2009-07-06 Metta and the Breath 28:01
Chas DiCapua
Using the combination of awareness of the heart center and the breath as a way to cultivate lovingkindness in a natural way.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Teen Retreat

2009-06-19 Heavy Metta 60:28
Vinny Ferraro
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness Meditation

2009-06-19 Sixth Metta Instructions, Guided Practice-All Individuals 69:24
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Insight and Loving Kindness

2009-06-18 Freedom of the Heart and Mind: Metta 61:07
Bhante Buddharakkhita
Loving kindness (metta) is a mental state that can be developed through openness of our heart, thereby experiencing greater freedom of this mind/state.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center People of Color Retreat

2009-06-18 Fifth Metta Instructions, Guided Practice-Difficult Person 65:25
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Insight and Loving Kindness

2009-06-17 Fourth Metta Instructions-Forgiveness Guided Practice-Neutral 49:04
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Insight and Loving Kindness

2009-06-16 Third Metta Instructions, Guided Practice-Good Friend 64:22
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Insight and Loving Kindness

2009-06-15 Second Metta Instructions, Guided Practice-Benefactor 57:07
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Insight and Loving Kindness

2009-06-14 First Metta Instructions, Guided Practice-Self, Qs and As 56:42
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Insight and Loving Kindness

2009-06-14 The Wisdom of Metta 61:55
Kamala Masters
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center Insight and Loving Kindness

2009-06-11 The Guest House 39:31
Kittisaro
The art of metta
Gaia House The Wings of Awakening

2009-06-03 The Responsive Heart 60:40
Rebecca Bradshaw
Turning the open heart of metta towards suffering, happiness, and peace.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Loving Friendliness: Metta Retreat

2009-06-02 Appreciative Joy 44:02
Shaila Catherine
Appreciative joy (sympathetic joy, mudita) is the third of four qualities called Brahma Viharas (divine abodes) which are the subjects for this 4-part lecture series. Appreciative joy is presented as an extension of the loving kindness (metta) practice. Joy refers to the ability to delight and rejoice in the success and good fortune of others. Mudita overcomes the hindrances and obstacles of conceit, comparing, envy, avarice, jealousy, aversive criticism, resentment, competitiveness, and boredom.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley Four Brahma Viharas
In collection: Four Brahma Viharas

2009-06-01 Loving Kindness - Cultivating the Wholesome 59:24
Greg Scharf
Begins with the history of the Karaniya Metta Sutta, followed by a description of qualities and characteristics of loving kindness; and the benefits of metta.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Loving Friendliness: Metta Retreat

2009-05-26 Compassion 22:19
Shaila Catherine
Compassion, karuna, is the intention of non-cruelty. It is the aspect of loving kindness (metta) that responds wisely to pain, and wishes to alleviate suffering. Compassion training helps us to remain present with pain. There is no need to fear pain, no need to consider pain bad or wrong. A compassionate self-acceptance allows us to remain present and responsive in the face of life's most difficult moments. With compassion we can ask "How can I help?" and stay present to respond.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley Four Brahma Viharas
In collection: Four Brahma Viharas

2009-05-19 Loving Kindness 30:02
Shaila Catherine
Loving Kindness, friendliness (metta) is a clear intention and attitude of heart that supports a connected and joyful encounter with life. Metta is not sentimentality; it is not affection or attachment. It is a strong quality of heart that overcomes ill will, hatred, fear, and anger. Loving kindness practice is a way to take responsibility for our own happiness; it is a way to cultivate an attitude to life that supports deep friendship.
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley Four Brahma Viharas
In collections: Four Brahma Viharas, The Ten Paramis

2009-05-19 Guided Loving Kindness (Metta) Meditation 33:02
Shaila Catherine
Guided Meditation, meditation instructions
Insight Meditation South Bay - Silicon Valley
In collection: Featured Guided Meditations

2009-05-17 The Song and Heart of Metta 55:07
Adrianne Ross
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Concentration Retreat

2009-05-06 Wise Metta 50:28
Spring Washam
The truth about love and kindness. Misunderstandings of love. How to practice metta with wisdom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Yucca Valley) Yucca Valley Spring Retreat

2009-04-22 Metta for the Emotional Body 28:12
Phillip Moffitt
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Mindfulness Training for Yoga Teachers #3

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