2012-03-18 Metta Instructions - Self and Benefactor 56:45
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat for Scientists and Educators

2012-03-14 The Grace of Connection 58:02
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
A Brahma Vihara talk that emphasizes the importance of equanimity as the foundation for metta, compassion and appreciation. Also the relationship of Wisdom and Equanimity as mutually causal, and how wisdom both sustains equanimity and is a reflection of equanimity.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-03-03 Metta and Mindfulness as Aspects of One Another 50:10
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
This talk focuses on mindfulness being about 1) clear seeing - i.e. What do you really want to see? What insight leads to liberation? and 2) progressively cultivating the capacity for unconditional kindness. Metta and mindfulness as inherent in each other.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat, March Month Long

2012-02-25 Cultivating A Heart Of Kindness 37:51
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Being with all things with kindness. Guided Metta meditation
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  An Integrated Awakening: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-02-22 Loving One's Enemies I 60:40
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We explore the meaning of developing a love or loving kindness toward all, including one's "enemies," using both Christian and Buddhist resources. Four foundational practices are outlined: 1.Ffollowing ethical guidelines 2. Mindfulness 3. Metta, and 4. Wisdom practices to help contemplate emphathically the causes and conditions of difficult interactions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-02-18 Blessing Chants 15:53
Thanissara	Download Listen
Recollections of the triple jewel, Metta Sutta, Victories of the Buddha
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  An Integrated Awakening: Insight Meditation Retreat

2012-02-14 Guided Metta (4) 47:22
Andrea Fella	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Fella and Scharf

2012-02-13 Metta and the Paramis 68:00
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
How Metta reflects the cultivation and development of paramis and the paramis as manifestation of Metta.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2012-02-12 The Heart Unbound 53:37
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
What is Metta - loving kindness - and how do we work with obstacles and barriers so the heart can be open and free to love.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2012-02-12 Metta & All Pervasive Mind - Guided Meditation 14:55
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara :  Touching the Earth: Embodiment, Renewal and Letting Go - February 2012

2012-02-12 Metta Practice Instructions 51:06
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
Introducing the Metta practice - self and benefactor.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta: Lovingkindness Retreat

2012-02-12 Guided Metta (2) 45:34
Andrea Fella	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Fella and Scharf

2012-02-11 Guided Metta (1) 43:17
Greg Scharf	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Fella and Scharf

2012-01-31 Week 4 Metta Meditation Lead 32:36
Kevin Griffin	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Practice of Recovery

2012-01-29 All Pervasive Metta 21:58
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Colorado Springs Dharma Punx
Shakti Vihara

2012-01-29 All Pervasive Metta - Q&A 37:40
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Colorado Springs Dharma Punx
Shakti Vihara

2012-01-11 Fear and Lovingkindness 55:15
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We explore the nature of fear and how metta is a powerful resource to work with and transform fear.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2012-01-10 Befriending the Difficult Person 57:11
Heather Sundberg	Download Listen
Exploring on the levels of mind-heart-body, including teachings on patience, equanimity, compassion and forgiveness. The talk reflects on befriending the 'difficult' person in metta practice, with the underlying intention of reminding us that we are all in this together; that befriending difficult people can be both workable and transformational and that there are practical tools available to assist us on our journey.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta

2012-01-09 Metta Concentration 58:22
Heather Martin	Download Listen
The skill of dropping more fully into the beautiful experience of these wishes, abiding within them, with deeper restfulness. It is through this kind of experience that pure compassion can arise.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta

2012-01-08 Metta Practice as a Path of Awakening 60:08
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Metta practice is a training inclining toward the awakened heart. We explore several aspects of this training in terms of the development of a number of capacities, working through what blocks metta, and the integration of metta, mindfulness and wisdom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta

2012-01-07 In Gladness and in Safety, Omitting None 56:21
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
A presentation of Metta and Mindfulness as integral aspects of each other, using the Metta Sutta, the Buddha's teaching on kindness, as both teh mandate for practice and an overview of the path.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta

2012-01-02 A Few Metta Stories - and a guided meditation. 29:00
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Embodying the Heart of Wisdom: New Year’s Retreat

2012-01-02 Metta - Guided Meditation 34:35
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara :  Touching the Earth: Embodiment, Renewal and Letting Go

2012-01-02 Breathing Metta 40:20
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Aloka Vihara Forest Monastery (Angela Center) :  New Year's Retreat

2011-12-29 Guided Metta Meditation 22:34
Pat Coffey	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  2011 - IMCW New Year's Retreat - Awakening the Heart of Compassion

2011-12-17 Metta & Compassion Practice D 26:27
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  A Heart as Wide as the World

2011-12-17 Metta & Compassion Practice C 20:28
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  A Heart as Wide as the World

2011-12-17 Metta & Compassion Practice B 23:07
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  A Heart as Wide as the World

2011-12-17 Metta & compassion Practice A 24:29
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
A day exploring the practice of metta - lovingkindness & compassion - and discussing how to bring these into every part of our lives.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  A Heart as Wide as the World

2011-12-07 Mindfulness and Metta 61:41
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
We continue to look at how mindfulness can be understood in the larger context of connection with ethics, wisdom, and the awakened heart. Here we explore how mindfulness and metta can be sometimes seen as separate, but how both practices point to a mature integration-loving awareness, mindful caring, the mindful and wise heart.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-10-09 Metta: Tenderness and Connection 61:11
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
The practice of lovingkindness makes the heart more sensitive to the joys and sorrows of life. It also reveals a deep sense of connection to all sentient existence that overcomes a painful sense of isolation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2011-10-05 The Divine Abodes: Lovingkindness 1:25:21
Tara Brach	Listen to tracks Show 2 Tracks
Love is the most basic expression of who we are, and yet it is often obscured by the trance of separation and fear. This talk explores how we habitually armor our hearts, and the training of attention that awakens us to unconditional, all inclusive love. A classic form of the metta (lovingkindness) meditation is part of the talk.
Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC :  IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks
Guided Meditation 24:31 Download Listen The Divine Abodes: Lovingkindness 60:49 Download Listen

2011-10-02 Mindfulness, Metta, Mystery 45:22
Myo Lahey	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Mindfulness and Metta: True Liberation LGBTQQI-SGL

2011-09-25 Guided Metta Meditation 38:43
Ayya Anandabodhi	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2011-09-18 Calming the Formations 54:21
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Learning to calm agitation is a theme that runs through the teaching of metta and insight meditation.
Gaia House :  Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation: The Foundations of MBCT/MBSR

2011-08-31 Metta for Difficult Person 58:34
Larry Yang	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  People of Color Retreat

2011-08-30 Guided Metta Meditation 59:02
Bhante Buddharakkhita	Download Listen
Radiating loving kindness towards a dear friend and neutral person can help us to expand out awareness and open our heart to all beings.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  People of Color Retreat

2011-08-22 Working with the Inner Critic 55:47
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
This talk explores the pervasiveness of the judging mind and how to work constructively with it through mindfulness, metta, understanding and inquiry.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2011-08-21 Metta Meditation 32:59
Bob Stahl	Download Listen
Insight Santa Cruz :  Insight Meditation Retreat in Germany

2011-08-13 Working with the Inner Critic Part 1 50:36
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
This talk explores the origins and negative impacts of the judging mind and how to practically understand and use effective procedures based in mindfulness, metta, and inquiry.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2011-08-10 Dhamma Lesson #5 "Metta For The Military" 14:15
Steve Armstrong	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2011-08-09 Metta Instructions Continued 67:46
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2011-08-08 Metta Instructions 67:47
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Oneself, benefactor, dear friend, neutral person
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight and the Art of Equanimity

2011-08-01 Metta Practice And Stories 41:43
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2011-07-30 Metta For Benefactor And Self 40:46
Amita Schmidt	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2011-07-22 Bringing Metta into the World 1:15:24
James Baraz	Download Listen
Closing talk with all teachers.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2011-07-21 Metta and Connection 59:52
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
Metta practice makes the heart more sensitive to the joys and sorrows we are subject to. This tenderness becomes the avenue for us to discover our deep connection to all of life and end a sense of isolation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2011-07-21 Metta Instructions: All Beings 51:30
Sally Armstrong	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2011-07-20 Metta Instructions: The Difficult Person 55:54
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Morning Instructions
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2011-07-19 Metta Instructions: The Neutral Person 50:25
James Baraz	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat