2009-02-09 How Mind Habits Change 58:04
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Beginning with the hypothesis that the natural mind, unconfused by fixed views or hindrance energies, is clear and buoyant and conducive to happiness; this talk specifically details the ways in which concentration, mindfulness, effort and good will(Metta) work to lesson attachment to view and afflictive emotions.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation February

2009-02-05 The Qualities Of Compassion And Metta 65:40
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
How to cultivate and develop those qualities of compassion and appreciative joy and work with potential obstacles.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat

2009-02-03 The Five Hindrances And Metta 58:42
Sharon Salzberg	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat

2009-02-02 Principles And Practices Of Metta (Loving Kindness) 53:19
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
Overview of loving kindness practice,metta practice - supports,obstacles and fruits.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat

2009-02-02 May I Meet This Moment Fully As A Friend 60:28
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
This is an opening night talk for a month long mindfulness retreat which presents the rationale for practicing in the form that we do. It includes readings from the Foundations of Mindfulness Sutta. It also makes the connection between mindfulness and metta practice and the rationale for practicing both simultaneously.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation February

2009-01-22 Where Letting Go and Embracing the World Meet 39:18
Kittisaro	Download Listen
Compassion says ‘I am Everything’ - Wisdom ‘I am Nothing’ Where emptiness leans into aversion and compassion into grasping Ajahn Chah’s reflection on teachings as way of providing balance Metta and the attendant blessings of metta Meeting English football hooligans
Dharmagiri :  Original Brightness Retreat

2009-01-13 Metta Guided Meditation 37:58
Trudy Goodman	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Scientists Retreat

2009-01-10 Widening Circles: Practicing Metta In The World 64:40
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
How do we bring our metta practice out from retreat into the world and our everyday lives. We look at (1) some guidelines and ways of practicing metta in our personal formal practice; (2) practicing metta in our relationships with others; and (3) the importance of metta for social healing and transformation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta

2009-01-10 The Expansive Effects Of Metta 59:48
Heather Martin	Download Listen
Interweaving all four threads of the Divine Abodes - to transform us from small, tight self-concern to the soft vast tenderness of interconnection, which is true freedom.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta

2009-01-07 We Need Metta To Do Metta 53:13
Heather Martin	Download Listen
To handle the 'rowdy prisoners' which invariably arise in practice, Metta nourishes and reassures us, so we can relax, calm down, and release the burden of struggles with them.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta

2009-01-06 How Metta Works Through Us 66:12
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Metta works, partly in a clear way, partly mysteriously, to help us lead with our hearts, develop deeper concentration, unergo an often challenging process of purification and touch the depths of our being. As we practice, we work through a number of challenges - distraction, sleepiness, the restless mind and body, and the near and far enemies of metta - attached love and ill-will for enemies, particularly harsh judgment of self and others.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta

2008-12-08 Parami Series 9 Metta; The Heart That Is Inclusive" 56:51
Myoshin Kelley	Download Listen
Breaking down the barriers of separation to live a life recognizing the interconnection of all beings.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  December 2008 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2008-12-01 Metta 66:37
Jack Kornfield	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monday and Wednesday Talks

2008-11-19 Metta - The Practice Of Kindness 58:13
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
This talk gives a thorough overview of the practice and application of metta (unconditional love). Also explored is the unity of mindfulness and metta, and how when metta is cultivated it becomes a source of wisdom in our lives.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Meditation and Yoga

2008-11-15 Loving Kindness - Cultivating The Wholesome 58:24
Greg Scharf	Download Listen
Begins with chanting of the Karaniya Metta Sutta in Pali, followed by a talk on the history of the Metta sutta, the practice, cultivation and benefits of loving kindness meditation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 2

2008-10-28 Guided Metta Meditation 34:25
Leela Sarti	Download Listen
Gaia House :  The Heart of Wisdom and Compassion

2008-10-22 Practicing With Fear - part I 58:16
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Fear is a very powerful force in our lives- personally, interpersonally and socially. What is fear and how do we work with it? Here we explore the nature of fear and its complex nature as involving intelligence and an urge to action, but also commonly reactivity and delusions. We suggest several main ways of practicing, 1) coming back to balance through antidotes such as metta, beauty and refuges in our deeper values; 2) mindfulness; 3) wisdom and 4) active inquiry and engagement with our own fear.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center

2008-10-14 Metta For All (No One Excluded) 45:37
Pascal Auclair	Download Listen
A Guided Meditation - Radiating Metta upwards and downwards and in all directions
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Three-Month Retreat - Part 1

2008-09-15 Metta 58:10
John Teasdale	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Mindfulness, Insight, Liberation

2008-08-03 Guided Metta Meditation 29:43
Chas DiCapua	Download Listen
Guided Metta meditation using the benefactor, self, good friend, and neutral person as the objects of metta. Special emphasis on relaxation and being open.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2008-08-01 Beginning Metta 28:30
Amita Schmidt	Download Listen
Benefactor and self - guided metta meditation.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Investigating Life: Insight Meditation Retreat for 18-32 Year Olds

2008-07-21 Guided Metta Meditation 46:01
Kamala Masters	Download Listen
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation

2008-07-14 How I Came To Love Metta 57:01
Heather Martin	Download Listen
After initially resisting aspects of this practice, the talk describes how I found my way by making Metta my own.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta

2008-07-13 Metta: Near And Far Enemies 55:13
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
The near enemy of metta is attached affection, common in romantic love. The far enemy is aversion, which takes many forms, such as resentment and fear. The talk explores these responses and how to work with them in metta practice.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta

2008-07-12 The Play Of Love And Equanimity 46:48
Sharda Rogell	Download Listen
Metta (lovingkindness) is a mind-turning practice, directing our heart and mind towards love and equanimity. How can we support ourselves to make this transformative turn?
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta

2008-06-13 Metta Chant with Yogis 4:34
Greg Scharf	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat

2008-06-12 I, Me, Mine 51:00
Ajahn Amaro	Download Listen
Ajahn Amaro picks up on themes that Ajahn Sumedho has been reflecting on during this retreat, including metta (loving kindness), and the fetters that obstruct the spiritual path.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monastic Retreat

2008-06-12 Metta 41:34
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
Metta with self, friend and difficult person
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Insight Meditation Retreat

2008-06-10 Metta For All Conditions 61:28
Ajahn Sumedho	Download Listen
Contemplating Metta as unconditional love and acceptance.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Monastic Retreat

2008-06-06 Beautiful Metta Chant That Is Very Inspiring; Monks Are Chanting This Chant Every Day In Prison 58:12
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Loving Friendliness: Metta Retreat

2008-06-01 Metta And Its Challenges; Exploration Of The Classic "Hindrances" In Relationship To Metta: Attached Love, Aversion, Sleeplessness, Restlessness, And Lust 61:28
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
Exploration of the classic “hindrances” in relationship to metta: attached love, aversion, sleeplessness, restlessness, and lust.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Loving Friendliness: Metta Retreat

2008-05-31 An Introduction To Metta 56:06
Michele McDonald	Download Listen
An introduction to and description of Metta Meditation – the qualities of Metta
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Loving Friendliness: Metta Retreat

2008-05-03 Ode To Mindfulness 47:19
Trudy Goodman	Download Listen
Why we practice mindfulness & why we feel such gratitude for this particular teaching. In this talk, the melding of mindfulness and metta become clear thrugh story and poetry.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center (Yucca Valley) :  Yucca Valley Spring Insight Retreat

2008-04-20 Metta Meditation - Morning 27:16
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana	Download Listen
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Jhānas (Meditative Absorptions) Retreat for Experienced Students

2008-04-15 Guided Metta 64:29
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Hermitage

2008-04-14 Metta 67:23
Marcia Rose	Download Listen
Mountain Hermitage :  Hermitage

2008-04-06 02. The Benefits of Metta 55:40
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre :  Three-Month Retreat

2008-04-05 01. About Metta 67:26
Ariya B. Baumann	Download Listen
Blue Mountains Insight Meditation Centre :  Three-Month Retreat

2008-04-05 Metta as Right Effort 55:58
Norman Feldman	Download Listen
Gaia House :  Insight Meditation And QiGong

2008-03-14 Brahmavihara Retreat 12:39:57
Bhante Henepola Gunaratana	Download Listen
The brahmaviharas are four mental states that the Buddha encouraged for the practice of meditation. They are loving -friendliness (metta), compassion, sympathetic joy (rejoicing in the happiness of others), and equanimity. Through these practices we develop a loving heart, concentration, self-acceptance, fearlessness and happiness. These practices also establish our fundamental connectedness to all life.
Bhavana Society of West Virginia :  Brahmavihara Retreat

2008-03-06 Metta 57:51
Rebecca Bradshaw	Download Listen
This talk discusses metta as a Brahmavihāra practice and cultivating metta in our vipassana practice.
Insight Meditation Society - Forest Refuge :  March 2008 at IMS - Forest Refuge

2008-03-01 Metta: Developing Goodwil 56:41
Bhante Bodhidhamma	Download Listen
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Satipanya Retreat Centre

2008-02-16 Metta In The World 61:52
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
Taking Metta practice into the world with intention and integrity
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat

2008-02-13 Qualities To Be Cultivated In Metta Practice 55:07
Gina Sharpe	Download Listen
Metta – Its value, and bring precision, gentleness and the ability to let go, to practice
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat

2008-02-13 Metta, Tenderness And Connection 60:06
Guy Armstrong	Download Listen
Metta practice makes the heart more sensitive. This tenderness becomes the avenue for us to discover our deep connectedness to all of life and end a sense of isolation.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Insight Meditation 1-month Retreat

2008-02-11 Mindfulness, Metta And Wisdom 47:40
Mark Coleman	Download Listen
This talk explores the unity of mindfulness and the qualities of loving kindness, how they support each other and how this leads to living with wisdom and compassion in the world.
Insight Meditation Society - Retreat Center :  Metta (Lovingkindness) Retreat

2008-01-29 The Place of Samadhi in Metta Practice 1:26:04
Rob Burbea	Download Listen
This series of talks and guided meditations explores the development of the practices of both Lovingkindness and Compassion, with particular emphasis on the radical possibilities of Awakening that they bring. Through these practices we come to develop deep and beautiful qualities of heart as a real resource both for ourselves and the world, and also open ourselves to the profound and liberating understandings that can emerge from this path of love.
Gaia House :  Lovingkindness And Compassion As A Path To Awakening (2008)

2008-01-27 Opening Talk for the Metta Retreat - LovingKindness and Compassion as a Path to Awakening 60:21
John Peacock	Download Listen
This series of talks and guided meditations explores the development of the practices of both Lovingkindness and Compassion, with particular emphasis on the radical possibilities of Awakening that they bring. Through these practices we come to develop deep and beautiful qualities of heart as a real resource both for ourselves and the world, and also open ourselves to the profound and liberating understandings that can emerge from this path of love.
Gaia House :  Lovingkindness And Compassion As A Path To Awakening (2008)

2008-01-10 Drafting On The Happiness Of Others 60:34
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Mudita and the other Brahma Viharas. How wisdom protects equanimity -- and how equanimity if the birthplace of Metta, Compassion and Joy
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat

2008-01-09 How Metta And Equanimity Lived Happily Ever After Together 61:46
Donald Rothberg	Download Listen
Metta is a powerful practice that helps us lead with our hearts, develop concentration, and "purify" our bodies, hearts and minds, working through obstacles to metta and touching our deep luminosity. Yet metta sometimes seems opposed to wisdom and mindfulness practice, and particularly to equanimity. We explore the qualities of equanimity and then how mature metta requires equanimity and mature equanimity requires metta.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center :  Metta Retreat