2011-01-02 Worldwide Metta - Guided Meditation 17:04
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara :  New Year 2011 Retreat on Brahma Viharas

2011-01-01 Guided Metta Meditation (For All Beings) 44:27
Chris Cullen	Download Listen
Gaia House :  The New Years Retreat

2010-12-31 Guided Metta Meditation (On the Neutral and Difficult Person) 39:21
Jake Dartington	Download Listen
Gaia House :  The New Years Retreat

2010-12-30 Extending Metta - Guided Meditation 45:58
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara :  New Year 2011 Retreat on Brahma Viharas

2010-12-29 Metta - Guided Meditation 46:46
Amma Thanasanti	Download Listen
Shakti Vihara :  New Year 2011 Retreat on Brahma Viharas

2010-12-29 Introduction to Metta Meditation and Guided Meditation on Metta Towards Oneself 35:19
Christina Feldman	Download Listen
Gaia House :  The New Years Retreat

2010-12-23 Karaniya Metta Sutta - chanting 15:28
Greg Scharf	Download Listen
Chanting the Karaniya Metta Sutta. Starts with an invocation to the devas, and then leads the Karaniya Metta Sutta - once through as call-and-response, and once through all together.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  December 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-12-17 Medicine Heart Metta: Guided Forgiveness 41:09
Ayya Medhanandi	Download Listen
May you be well, happy, and peaceful. Learn how to connect with the radiant, loving energy in your heart. Dissolve your opinions and unwholesome attitudes and deepen a quintessential quality for the Path - forgiveness. It is the key to greater loving-kindness for all beings.
Ottawa Buddhist Society

2010-12-14 Holding Life Tenderly 51:31
Larry Yang	Download Listen
The path of mindfulness and metta towards freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Forgiveness: the Wisdom of Our Hearts (A Retreat for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex & Same-Gender Loving Community)

2010-12-12 Metta Practice for Forgiveness of a Difficult Person 41:34
Yanai Postelnik	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Loving Kindness Weekend

2010-11-08 Developing the Parami' Part 2 61:43
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
This talk continues an exploration of the Buddhas teachings in the Paramis - specifically focusing on the Parimi of Love ( metta) energy, persistence, truthfulness and morality.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2010-11-03 Training the Mind; Aiming Towards Love 59:21
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
When we identify with our cruel inner critic, this undermines our capacity for kindness towards ourselves and others. Inclining the mind towards metta points us towards our own innate goodness.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  The Art of Embodied Presence

2010-10-21 Metta Bhavana Bienveillance 27:48
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre :  Lausanne 2010 October

2010-10-19 Guided Metta Meditation For All Beings 46:58
Winnie Nazarko	Download Listen
Reflections on the power and value of loving-friendless practice, and its place on the road to awakening. Guided metta practice for all beings
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2010-10-15 Metta - The Heart's Release 65:43
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
This talk explores ways that Metta practice helps to release the contractions of the heart/mind and the tremendous fullness of energy which is constituted by confidence and strength and a clear straight forwardness that comes from a loving heart.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  October 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2010-10-15 Metta practice and the Transformation of the Heart 45:37
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
An exploration of metta practice and how it works-to develop the capacity to lead with the heart, develop in concentration, purify our being and touch our deeper nature.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Cultivating Clear Seeing, Opening the Heart

2010-10-13 Guided Metta / Metta guidata 49:49
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli :  Awareness with Wisdom - Pure and Simple

2010-10-12 Guided Metta with Questions & Answers / Metta guidata - Domande e risposte 1:10:27
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli :  Awareness with Wisdom - Pure and Simple

2010-10-11 Guided Metta with Questions and Answers / Metta guidata – Domande e risposte 61:19
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Monastero di Camaldoli :  Awareness with Wisdom - Pure and Simple

2010-10-01 Importance of Metta 24 min 24:38
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre

2010-09-30 Metta 63:40
Carol Wilson	Download Listen
Metta, or loving kindness can develop to a powerful force in out hearts and minds. We only need to start where we are, feeding non-hatred in our minds rather than putting our trust in the habits of fear and ill will.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

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

2010-08-18 Metta - Lovingkindness 1:19:21
Tara Brach	Listen to tracks Show 2 Tracks
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
Meditation 25:46 Download Listen Metta - Lovingkindness 53:34 Download Listen

2010-08-15 The Practice of Compassion (Karuna) 1:15:25
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
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	Download Listen
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	Download Listen
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	Download Listen
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	Download Listen
Gaia House :  The Loving Kindness (Metta) Retreat

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

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

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

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

2010-08-08 Heart Work 1:13:40
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
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	Download Listen
Gaia House :  The Loving Kindness (Metta) Retreat

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

2010-08-06 About Metta Practice 67:45
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
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	Download Listen
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	Download Listen
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	Download Listen
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	Download Listen
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	Download Listen
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	Download Listen
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	Download Listen
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	Download Listen
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	Download Listen
Associazione Pian dei Ciliegi :  Bhante Bodhidhamma ritiro vipassana giugno 2010

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

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

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

2010-06-11 05 med. di Metta 12:33
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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	Download Listen
Fourteen qualities from Metta Sutta relevant to the development of the mind.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  June 2010 at IMS - Forest Refuge