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2022-03-03 Guided Metta practice 39:44
Matthew Brensilver
The alternatives to love, hate or apathy, are not visible
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Opening to Wisdom and Love: Insight Meditation Retreat

2022-02-28 Introduction to Metta and Guided Meditation (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 44:33
Greg Scharf
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2022-02-27 Guided Metta Part 3 45:25
Kristina Bare
Spirit Rock Meditation Center March Insight Meditation One Month Retreat

2022-02-26 Guided Metta Part 2 44:58
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage 2 Week ONLINE Samatha-Vipassana Retreat for Experienced Students

2022-02-25 Mettā meditation, Dhamma talk on the Russian invasion of Ukraine 1:43:18
Bhante Sujato
Mettā meditation guided by Bhante Sujato. Dhamma talk by Bhante Sujato on the Russian invasion of Ukraine: how to find truth in a sea of disinformation (five guidelines). Thoughts on the concept of "Just War": its ancient philosophical origins and the Buddhist perspective. Black / white / black and white / neither black nor white kamma.
Lokanta Vihara

2022-02-25 Guided Metta Part 1 44:37
Marcia Rose
Mountain Hermitage 2 Week ONLINE Samatha-Vipassana Retreat for Experienced Students

2022-02-22 Metta meditation 47:15
Chas DiCapua
A guided meditation on metta
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective TCVC Winter Retreat 2022

2022-02-07 Metta for Easy Beings, Difficult Beings, and All Beings (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 49:54
JD Doyle
Guided Metta meditation that begins with an overview of working with difficult or challenging people. Meditation explores the cultivation of Metta, starting with easy beings, moving to difficult beings and ending with all beings.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation 1 Month Retreat

2022-01-31 Lightly Guided Metta Meditation 44:32
Nathan Glyde
Easy and neutral relationships, and in relationship to oneself.
Gaia House Lingering in Happiness

2022-01-29 Guided Metta Meditation 44:24
Nathan Glyde
Cultivating goodwill.
Gaia House Lingering in Happiness

2022-01-23 Teaching Session & Guided Meditation 1:24:32
Sari Markkanen
Pointers and signposts of deepening, and a few words about metta practice for cultivating samadhi. Guided meditation: Playing with metta (1)
Gaia House Calm and Contented Heart – a Path of Cultivating Samadhi

2022-01-15 Guided Meditation - Metta to Sensations 44:54
Nathan Glyde
Gaia House Expanding Joy on the Path of Peace

2021-12-06 Guided Metta Meditation 26:39
Zohar Lavie
Gaia House A Path of Wisdom and Love

2021-12-02 Metta Practice For Self 44:51
Jean Esther
Guided metta practice for working with the self, including ways to work with difficulty with oneself as the object.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom of Heart and Mind: Insight Meditation Retreat

2021-12-01 Introduction to Metta practice 40:17
Jean Esther
Short description of metta as an antidote to ill will followed by a guided practice with a focus on a benefactor or easy person
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom of Heart and Mind: Insight Meditation Retreat

2021-11-04 Guided metta meditation 35:31
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2021

2021-10-26 Guided Metta (Lovingkindness) Meditation 31:26
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Embodying the Awakened Heart

2021-10-25 Guided Metta Meditation 29:32
Mark Coleman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Natural Radiance: The Freedom of Awareness

2021-10-25 Guided Metta (Lovingkindness) Meditation 29:56
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House Embodying the Awakened Heart

2021-09-19 Guided Body Work & Metta Meditation 41:59
Ajahn Jutindharo
Gaia House Exploring the Brahmaviharas: Kindness, Compassion, Joy and Equanimity

2021-09-18 Counteracting Internalized Hatred With Benevolence 61:33
Pascal Auclair
How, as LGBTQAI2S+, can Metta help us heal from internalized homophobia? A few words and a guided meditation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Freedom and Ease of Being: A Meditation Retreat for Our LGBTQAI+ Community

2021-09-18 Guided Body Work; Guided Metta Meditation 41:59
Ajahn Jutindharo
Gaia House Exploring the Brahmaviharas: Kindness, Compassion, Joy and Equanimity

2021-09-16 Mettā to Easeful, and Neutral Relationships: Guided Meditation 43:26
Nathan Glyde
Tovana Insight Meditation Mettā and Emptiness

2021-07-27 Guided Metta Meditation 46:00
Zohar Lavie
Metta to Sensations
Gaia House Coming to Life: Waking up to Intimacy with Existence

2021-07-26 Guided Metta Meditation 38:58
Nathan Glyde
Gaia House Coming to Life: Waking up to Intimacy with Existence

2021-07-25 Guided Metta Meditation 41:25
Zohar Lavie
Metta to an easy person, oneself, and the world.
Gaia House Coming to Life: Waking up to Intimacy with Existence

2021-07-16 "Guided Metta Practice" 0:00
Shelly Graf
(Recording not available) 
Spirit Rock Meditation Center "July Insight Meditation Retreat" with Kamala Masters, Joseph Goldstein, bruni dávila, Shelly Graf and Walt Opie

2021-07-12 Metta for All Beings: Instructions & Guided Meditation 49:18
John Martin
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

2021-07-10 Pervading Love - Guided Meditation 40:21
Bonnie Duran
This is a guided meditation starting with Metta for ourselves, then easy people, and ending with neutral people.
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

2021-07-08 Metta for Easy Being & Self: Instructions & Guided Meditation 47:37
John Martin
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

2021-07-02 Guided Metta Practice and Discussion - Meditation 54:19
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Monthly Lovingkindness Practice Group

2021-07-02 Guided Metta Practice and Discussion - Talk 34:21
Mark Nunberg
Common Ground Meditation Center Monthly Lovingkindness Practice Group

2021-06-20 Getting to Know How the Mind Works 41:06
Ayya Santacitta
Guided Meditation on the Seven Factors of Awakening & Metta | Canmore Theravada Buddhist Community
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2021-06-12 Guided Metta for oneself, benefactor, and dear friend 44:51
Kamala Masters
Guided Metta Meditation for oneself, benefactor, and good friend
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective

2021-06-12 Guided Metta for oneself, benefactor , Deasr friend, Neutral person, and difficult person 45:03
Kamala Masters
Twin Cities Vipassana Collective TCVC summer 2021 retreat

2021-06-11 Mettā meditation, Q&A 1:23:36
Bhante Sujato, Bhante Akāliko
At Harris Park – Mettā meditation guided by Bhante Akāliko; Q + A session: eg. Bhante Sujato on stream-entry in lay life, Bhante Akāliko on being joyful
Lokanta Vihara

2021-06-10 Temporary Liberation of the Mind 40:31
Ayya Santacitta
Guided Meditation Earth element, Metta, Knowing, Impermanence
Cloud Mountain Retreat Center

2021-06-05 Guided Mettā Practice with Intro 43:20
Zohar Lavie
Offering kindness towards an easy relationship and to oneself
Gaia House Meeting Uncertainty with Wisdom and Courage: Perennial Teachings for a Changing World

2021-06-04 Mettā meditation, Q&A 1:20:28
Bhante Sujato, Bhante Akāliko
At Harris Park – Mettā meditation guided by Bhante Akāliko; Q + A session with Bhante Sujato on translating "sankhārā" and on conversations with members of other religions
Lokanta Vihara

2021-05-22 Guided Metta Meditation 31:35
Ayya Santussika
Karuna Buddhist Vihara

2021-04-05 09 Guided Metta Meditation 62:54
Roxanne Dault
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Insight Meditation and the Forces at Play in Our Lives - 21JG0

2021-03-13 All Kinds of Kindness 63:43
Nathan Glyde
What would our practice look like with mettā at the centre, as the goal, or as the heart of all we do. Guided practice and talk.
Gaia House Online Dharma Hall - Mar 2021

2021-02-19 Mettā meditation and Dhamma talk 1:28:40
Bhante Sujato, Bhante Akāliko
Mettā meditation guided by Bhante Akāliko, Dhamma talk by Bhante Sujato on Jedi knights, Orcs, binary opposites and balance between dark and light forces
Lokanta Vihara

2021-02-07 Guided Metta Meditation, Difficult Person 47:00
Kamala Masters
Brahmaviharas (Heart Practices)
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation Retreat: A Retreat for Experienced Students with James Baraz, Sally Armstrong, Kamala Masters, Andrea Fella, Dawn Scott, Bob Stahl, PhD, Louije Kim and Martha "Rasika" Link

2021-02-05 Forgiveness 50:26
James Baraz
An important support for metta practice is forgiveness that softens the contracted heart that is stuck in aversion or ill will. This guided meditation practice first focuses on forgiveness towards ourselves--our body, mind, and heart--and then opens to both asking and extending forgiveness with others.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Insight Meditation Retreat: A Retreat for Experienced Students with James Baraz, Sally Armstrong, Kamala Masters, Andrea Fella, Dawn Scott, Bob Stahl, PhD, Louije Kim and Martha "Rasika" Link

2021-01-02 Awakening Within the Light of Metta 45:02
Dhammadīpā
A guided meditation, cultivation of the seven factors of awakening within the meditation on radiating metta in all directions
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery New Year Retreat 2020/21

2020-12-30 Teachings and Guided Meditation - Tuning into Metta (Loving Kindness) 53:40
Kirsten Kratz
Gaia House New Year's Retreat 2020

2020-12-29 Opening Metta Meditation 15:47
Ayya Anandabodhi
A guided meditation to establish the heart and mind in metta.
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery New Year Retreat 2020/21

2020-12-16 Guided Mettā to All Phenomena 43:55
Nathan Glyde
Expanding our mettā practice to offer kindness and care to anything at all that appears in consciousness.
Gaia House Mettā and Insight

2020-12-15 Guided Mettā to Sounds and Sensations 44:58
Zohar Lavie
Bringing the relational field of mettā to sense contact rather than specific beings.
Gaia House Mettā and Insight

2020-12-14 Guided Mettā to Challenging Relationship 43:52
Nathan Glyde
Gently wishing well for those we have a more difficult relationship with
Gaia House Mettā and Insight

2020-12-13 Guided Mettā to Neutral Relationship 45:17
Zohar Lavie
Spreading mettā to a being from an easy relationship, to self, being from a more neutral relationship and outward to all beings
Gaia House Mettā and Insight

2020-12-13 The Art and Practice of Forgiveness 4:23:24
Phillip Moffitt, Noliwe Alexander
The art of forgiveness begins with connecting to the heart. The practice involves learning skills such as metta, mindful acknowledgement, and compassion. Practicing these skills enables you to free yourself from painful identification with past events. This is a day to bring remorse or grief about past actions and move beyond feelings of guilt and shame. Likewise, if someone has wronged you, you will be guided toward holding them in accountability without closing your heart. Additionally, forgiveness practice will move you toward clarity and acceptance for the ways you have let yourself down. Practicing forgiveness allows you to move from a heavy, remorseful heart and a reactive mind to a heart that’s light but still feels regret, and a mind that is calm and clear. The day will be held with periods of guided silent sitting and walking meditation practice, instruction in the art and practice of forgiveness, and a forgiveness ceremony, with opportunities to ask questions to the instructors.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2020-12-12 Guided Mettā to Easy Relationship 44:47
Nathan Glyde
Guided well-wishing and kindness practice as part of the heart training of mettā practice. Particularly emphasising getting to know the particular qualities we are radiating in this intentional practice. Includes sending mettā to oneself, and to all beings in the world.
Gaia House Mettā and Insight

2020-11-07 Guided Metta & Chanting 45:47
Noliwe Alexander
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Deepening into the Heart of Love and Freedom with Noliwe Alexander, Lama Rod Owens, MA, Arinna Weisman, Katy Wiss and Melvin L. Escobar, LCSW, RYT

2020-11-06 Guided Metta 40:12
Arinna Weisman
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Deepening into the Heart of Love and Freedom with Noliwe Alexander, Lama Rod Owens, MA, Arinna Weisman, Katy Wiss and Melvin L. Escobar, LCSW, RYT

2020-11-05 Guided Metta & Chanting 44:20
Katy Wiss
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Deepening into the Heart of Love and Freedom with Noliwe Alexander, Lama Rod Owens, MA, Arinna Weisman, Katy Wiss and Melvin L. Escobar, LCSW, RYT

2020-11-04 Guided Metta & Chanting 41:43
Lama Rod Owens
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Deepening into the Heart of Love and Freedom with Noliwe Alexander, Lama Rod Owens, MA, Arinna Weisman, Katy Wiss and Melvin L. Escobar, LCSW, RYT

2020-10-30 Mettā to the Whole World 40:59
Nathan Glyde
Guided mettā meditation where we are really feeling the feeling behind the phrases. Offering unconditional kindness: to someone from an easy relationship; to more neutral relationships; even towards slightly more difficult ones; or to ourselves; and then out to all of life and the whole world.
SanghaSeva Befriending Ourselves, Befriending the World

2020-09-26 Tuning into Mettā 43:35
Nathan Glyde
Guided Mettā Meditation - offering an easeful relationship, more neutral beings (the inbetweeners), and the image of oneself then expanding to all beings.
SanghaSeva Insights to Live By

2020-09-25 Hebrew - Guided Metta to Easeful Relationships and Oneself.mp3 40:36
Zohar Lavie
Metta in Hebrew
SanghaSeva Insights to Live By

2020-08-29 Guided Meditation 43:59
Caroline Jones
Guided metta practice
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Strengthening the Heart-Mind: A Retreat for Experienced Dharma Practitioners

2020-08-07 Guided Mettā to Easy, Self, Neutral and All 44:01
Nathan Glyde
Getting deeply familiar with the felt-sense of wishing well-being and kindness, and allowing ourselves to be deeply touched as we wish particular aspects: clarity of mind; health in body; peacefulness; at-home-ness in our bodies and in the world; contentment; joy; and profound ease and freedom with all things.
SanghaSeva Mettā and Samādhi

2020-08-06 Hebrew - Guided Mettā to Easy Person, Self and All Beings 44:23
Zohar Lavie
In Hebrew
SanghaSeva Mettā and Samādhi

2020-08-05 Guided Meditation Opening the Metta And Samadhi Retreat 43:20
Nathan Glyde
SanghaSeva Mettā and Samādhi

2020-06-20 Vedanā, Guided Meditation, Mettā, Compassion, The Brahma Viharas 37:10
Anushka Fernandopulle
This recording also includes Bonnie Duran
Gaia House Decolonizing the Mind and Cultivating the Causes of Happiness

2020-06-17 Guided Meditation -- Attitude of Metta 16:44
Kim Allen
Insight Santa Cruz

2020-06-08 Immeasurable Metta for Nourishing the Heart (Online Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:40
Dhammadīpā
Guided meditation on radiating metta
Spirit Rock Meditation Center The First Free Women - Original Poetry Inspired By the Early Buddhist Nuns

2020-05-26 Metta to Self or Other (with chanting) 43:44
Nathan Glyde
Starts with a 'Zoom video call' based metta practice, then some Pali metta chanting (around 13 mins in), then a guided metta practice towards oneself or another. Pali: Sabbe sattā sukhitā hontu. Sabbe sattā averā hontu. Sabbe sattā abyāpajjhā hontu. Sabbe sattā anighā hontu. Sabbe sattā sukhi attānaa pariharantu.
Gaia House Waking the heart, Expanding the world

2020-04-13 Hebrew - Metta To Benefactor, Difficult Relationship, And All Beings 42:26
Zohar Lavie
Guided Metta Meditation in Hebrew
SanghaSeva Metta and Emptiness - Online

2020-04-12 Mettā to Self, Friend, those Suffering, and Whole World 42:14
Nathan Glyde
Guided Metta Meditation including a subtle compassionate quality as we gently include those in pain or difficulty in the world.
SanghaSeva Metta and Emptiness - Online

2020-04-11 Hebrew - Metta To Self, Easy And World 37:53
Zohar Lavie
Guided Metta meditation in Hebrew
SanghaSeva Metta and Emptiness - Online

2020-04-09 Guided metta meditation 49:02
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge Forest Refuge April Retreat Online

2020-03-16 Well-being in the time of Coronavirus - COVID-19 35:24
Nathan Glyde
A guided meditation offering mettā (well-wishing) towards those working the frontlines of health care and social care, those whose bodies are affected by the virus or disease themselves, and those taking precautions (like being in isolation). Opening our hearts and minds to all those affected, and beyond to all beings everywhere, can help reduce our stress and allow us to be more available to support. Includes a brief introduction: skip first 3 mins to get to the beginning of guided meditation. May all beings be cared for and well in heart-mind and body.
SanghaSeva A Response to Coronavirus

2020-02-22 Guided Lovingkindness (Metta) Meditation 38:31
Leela Sarti
Gaia House Embodied Freedom

2020-02-16 Instructions and guided meditation using the “radiating energy“ method of metta practice 45:05
Jill Shepherd
Cultivating the embodied energy of warmth and kindness, radiating it in different directions then all directions simultaneously to “encompass the entire world”
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Strengthening the Heart: Lovingkindness Retreat

2020-02-15 Introduction To Lovingkindness 54:06
Oren Jay Sofer
An overview of Metta practice and a guided meditation on lovingkindness for a benefactor and oneself.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Strengthening the Heart: Lovingkindness Retreat

2020-02-07 Day Six Afternoon Instructions: Brahma Viharas - Forgiveness & Metta for Self (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 45:34
James Baraz
A guided meditation directing forgiveness & metta toward our body, mind & heart
Spirit Rock Meditation Center February Monthlong

2020-01-17 10 guided meditation: metta for the benefactor 21:13
Jill Shepherd
A short guided meditation offering metta to the benefactor, using a combination of radiating energy and reciting phrases methods
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre New Year, New Beginnings

2020-01-15 Brahmavihara Practice 46:28
Donald Rothberg
Instructions for "radiating metta" and guided practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta Retreat

2020-01-14 The Transformative Power of Metta Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 56:21
Donald Rothberg
Guided by a recent translation of a poem about metta practice by an early Buddhist nun, from The First Free Women, we contemplate the simple yet radical and profound spirit of metta practice. The author tells us: "I have followed this Path of friendship to its end. And I can say with absolute certainty—it will lead you home.” We look at how metta cuts through fear, how it deepens concentration, how we work with the challenges of metta practice, how we navigate the “purification process” linked with metta practice, and how we integrate the kind heart, mindfulness, wisdom, and skillful action.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center January Metta Retreat

2020-01-14 Reflections on Metta for difficult people: guided Metta meditation. 45:32
Jaya Rudgard
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-13 Guided Metta meditation for self and benefactor 43:30
Yuka Nakamura
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-12 Guided Metta Meditation 45:56
Chris Cullen
Brief introduction followed by a guided metta meditation for group, self, and benefactors
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Foundations of Mindfulness-Based Approaches: Insight Meditation Retreat

2020-01-04 Guided Metta Meditation With Metta Mudra 44:21
Yanai Postelnik
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2020-01-04 Breathing into the Heart Space 7:32
Ayya Anandabodhi
Guided metta meditation
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Applegate Jesuit Retreat Center)

2019-12-22 Guided Meditation - Metta and the Four Brahma Viharas 46:35
Rebecca Bradshaw
15-minute introduction with the four Brahma Viharas and Metta, then 30 minutes guided Metta for self and easy person.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Winter Solstice Insight Meditation Weekend

2019-12-14 Metta: Guided Meditation 29:41
Rachel Lewis
Defination of Metta; practicing with receiving Metta from benefactors and offering it to self and all beings.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Heartfelt Wisdom: Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-11-19 Guided Metta meditation 51:36
Caroline Jones
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge November 2019 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2019-11-09 Metta for a World in Crisis 23:05
Dhammadīpā
Context for metta practice in a world full of delusion, guided meditation on loving kindness.
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2019-10-26 Metta Instruction - Self and Easy Person 56:10
Rebecca Bradshaw
Introduction to Metta practice and a guided sitting
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2019-10-20 Day 3 Guided Metta Practice (Retreat at Spirit Rock) 41:44
Erin Treat
Benefactor and Self
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Fall Insight Meditation Retreat

2019-10-17 Guided Lovingkindness (Metta) Meditation 29:35
Yanai Postelnik
Gaia House The Heart of Wisdom and Kindness

2019-10-01 Guided Metta Meditation 2:09
Leigh Brasington
Do you like to be happy?

2019-09-17 Introduction To Guided Metta Meditation 55:45
Carol Wilson
Self and benefactor.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2019-09-17 Guided Metta -- You Got Love Coming 39:59
Vinny Ferraro
Spirit Rock Meditation Center Natural Liberation

2019-09-15 Loving Kindness guided meditation - metta 11:51
Dhammadīpā
a talk given at a non-residential retreat at Dharma Zephyr Insight sangha in Carson City, NV
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery

2019-09-04 Guided Metta Meditation 43:41
Nathan Glyde
Offering good will to a friend, a neutral person, self and world
Gaia House The Four Immeasurables

2019-08-28 Guided Metta – soup sharing 19:41
Leigh Brasington
Tri State Dharma :  Jhanas, Satipatthana and Dependent Origination

2019-08-28 Guided Metta – fountain of love 17:16
Leigh Brasington
Tri State Dharma :  Jhanas, Satipatthana and Dependent Origination

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