Dharma Seed - Dharma Talks

2009-02-18 The Divine Abodes: Compassion 1:17:46

Tara Brach

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Lovingkindness, compassion, joy and equinimity, are natural expressions of our awakened heart. In this series of four talks, we will examine what arouses these qualities of a wise heart. Each talk will include guided reflections. Compassion naturally arises as we allow ourselves to be touched by suffering--our own, those we know, all beings. As we discover our shared vulnerability, the pain of separation dissolves and our hearts open to widening circles of belonging.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

2009-02-11 The Divine Abodes: Lovingkindness 1:20:27

Tara Brach

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Lovingkindness, compassion, joy and equinimity, are natural expressions of our awakened heart. In this series of four talks, we will examine what arouses these qualities of a wise heart. Each talk will include guided reflections. A key theme in cultivating lovingkindness is learning to see the secret beauty--the sacred--that shines through all beings.

Insight Meditation Community of Washington DC : IMCW Wednesday Evening Talks

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

2009-01-12 Learning To Open To Experience 62:07
James Baraz	Download Listen
A central attitude of dharma practice is learning to open to experience instead of the typical contraction of grasping at pleasant or aversion towards unpleasant. Qualitites of opening include forgiveness, patience, sense of humor, presence and loving kindness are explored.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Monday and Wednesday Talks

2009-01-08 Wisdom Sustains Equanimity - Equanimity Sustains Wisdom 63:09
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
This talk, filled with contemporary stories as well as traditional accounts of the Buddha's enlightenment, makes the connection between wisdom and equanimity - and shows how lovingkindness, compassion, and appreciation are permutations of equanimity in situations that are neutral, unpleasant (troubling) and excitingly pleasant.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta

2009-01-06 Themes of meditation 30:49
Ajahn Sucitto	Download Listen
Through referencing the parable of the cook (S.47:8), we are encouraged to get to know the mind in order to choose the meditation theme that suits it best. There are a range of themes you can use to counteract hindrances: such as death contemplation, unattractiveness of the body, lovingkindness, Buddha and breathing. Through trial and error, find out what is needed.
Cittaviveka : Winter Retreat

2009-01-05 Are You Brave Enough To Be Transformed By Lovingkindness? 59:58
Sylvia Boorstein	Download Listen
Lovingkindness is presented as a "subset" of mindfulness: Attention to the third foundation of mindfulness, specifically the presence (or absence) of good will in the mind. Meditation is presented as a technique for letting go of all limiting stories (fixed views) that inhibit us from becoming the fully loving (and tolerant) people we could be.
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : Metta

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

2008-10-18 The Gift Of Presence And Loving Kindness On Our Paths Of Awakening 48:42
Arinna Weisman	Download Listen
The transformative power of mindfulness to all our experiences as described in the four foundations of mindfulness and its companion loving kindness and forgiveness in holding the places of forgetting
Spirit Rock Meditation Center : LGBTQ

2008-09-27 Loving Kindness as a Movement Towards Relationship 55:28
John Peacock	Download Listen
Gaia House : Loving Kindness - the Foundation of the World