Dharma talk live streaming from the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, CA.
01:11:26 min
CLEAR ALL
the Buddha's instructions on loving-kindness. Filmed at the 2017 Lion's Roar Annual Retreat, "Boundless Love."
The Visuddhi Magga, a bible of Theravada Buddhism, says that Metta (and the Brahmaviharas) will only get you to the 3rd jhana but the suttas of the Samyutta Nikaya says Metta will take you much deeper. And if practiced as part of the Brahmaviharas will lead you to Nibbana itself.
Matthieu Ricard shares how loving-kindness can help us lead happier lives and create a better world. This was recorded at an Action for Happiness webinar event on 14 July 2020.
Talk 1 (of 10) in the 10-day Virtual Retreat given by Ajahn Sona at Birken Forest Monastery, December 2020.
In today's tip for intentional living, Les shares three different ways to practice lovingkindness meditation, or metta meditation to help you live mindfully.
After years of practicing anxiety, fear, hatred, depression, and so many other feelings we can conjure up in seconds to carry around with us all day, we become very skilled at feeling things we don't like, and very inexperienced at feeling things we do like.
Dan Harris and Susan Piver talk about the tools to reduce stress using loving-kindness.
This series reflects on four primary expressions of an awake, wise heart: lovingkindness, compassion, joy and equanimity. In each talk we explore the habitual patterning that blocks our full realization of these innate capacities, and the understandings and practices that nurture their unfolding
This talk was given during Dathün 2010-11, on December 18th, in Crestone, Colorado. Reggie skillfully presents the Vajrayana view of Maitri, or loving-kindness. The talk was given at dusk, which was lovely in person but makes for dark video - apologies!
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